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Old 06-05-2008, 02:52 PM   #1 (permalink)

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OT: old Chinese or Japanese coin -- anybody know what it is?

does anybody recognize this coin or what it says?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...ables/coin.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...bles/coin2.jpg
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Old 06-06-2008, 03:15 AM   #3 (permalink)
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It's a Japanese 5 yen coin.

The front side says '5 yen'
the flip side says 'Japan' and the date of issue.

worth next to nothing.
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It's a Japanese 5 yen coin.

The front side says '5 yen'
the flip side says 'Japan' and the date of issue.

worth next to nothing.

thanks for the answer..

any idea what the year of issue is?
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I'm not sure about Japanese coins, but Chinese coins with a hole in the middle rare very old, and go back to when you would hold coins in a string. That would be worth some change.
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showa 26.

Which equates to about 1952

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I'm not sure about Japanese coins, but Chinese coins with a hole in the middle rare very old, and go back to when you would hold coins in a string. That would be worth some change.
I have a ~2000 year old wuzhu coin that's worth about $2.

http://www.gov.cn/test/images/images...05ca8f8423.jpg
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I have a ~2000 year old wuzhu coin that's worth about $2.

http://www.gov.cn/test/images/images...05ca8f8423.jpg
I will give you 50 cents for it.
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