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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3134664, member: 71642&quot;]Not too much going on the collecting front lately.&nbsp; BUT, did manage to pick up a large want from Heritage&#039;s HK sale.&nbsp; The toning is not to everyone&#039;s taste (and definitely not the general Japanese taste)...but the in hand look is nicer than what I&#039;d thought it might be from the auction photos.&nbsp; Hard to nail in pictures, especially through a slab.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The deep scale variant of the 1870 (Meiji 3) 5 sen has been terribly elusive for me.&nbsp; Anything halfway decent has been blast white and $$$$ in an overseas auction for the most part.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dead on the coin looks, well, dead.&nbsp; A little tilt and colors blossom with a nice bit of luster underneath.&nbsp; I&#039;m still working on it.&nbsp; This might be one of those coins that looks good in an animated gif to really show off.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]800260[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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