a gem of a sen

laurentyvan · May 9, 2005 12:06AM

I despair of ever showing how nice some small coins are because the macro feature on my camera will not do the job without a macro lens (which I don't have). This coin gleams with luster which simply doesn't show in these images. Regardless, it's one of the nicest, most colorful 10 sen that I have seen.

rhound1977 · May 9, 2005 12:47AM

Looks pretty nice to me, great colors....

SYRACUSIAN · May 9, 2005 2:45AM

This coin gleams with luster which simply doesn't show in these images.

I'll take your word for it. My kind of coin.

satootoko · May 9, 2005 5:10AM

I can't make out the detail of the "mei" character. Is it a Type I or a Type II?

(BTW, if it's Type II, how much do you want for it?

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coinrookie · May 9, 2005 5:25AM

The color is great. So many of those have an unattractive brown mottled toning. I t`s great to see one with nice colorful even toning.

Steve

laurentyvan · May 9, 2005 7:06AM

Satootoko, this appears to be a type 1, with the character sen connected-sorry...I don't know if that's any better, but these images while clearer don't show the vibrancy of the coin.

SYRACUSIAN · May 9, 2005 7:21AM

Laurent, is this your white hair on the reverse? Is coin photography aging you that much?

laurentyvan · May 9, 2005 7:40AM

Laurent, is this your white hair on the reverse? Is coin photography aging you that much?

Head is dark, beard is white but what you're seeing is a light scratch across the outside of the 2 x 2.