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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 2716718, member: 33176&quot;]Interesting story I know just a bit about was the Japanese 100,000 yen coin.&nbsp; Issued in 1986, it had a face value of about $690 but a gold value of $420.&nbsp; Initially offered to Japanese citizens, my mother-in-law got me one as a gift.&nbsp; Apparently the difference in value, and the willingness of the Bank of Japan to accept the coins at face value led to widespread counterfeiting...read up on it... <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/08/business/fake-coins-embarrass-the-japanese.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/08/business/fake-coins-embarrass-the-japanese.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/08/business/fake-coins-embarrass-the-japanese.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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