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Smittys · October 11, 2005 6:53AM

Year..???
Grade..???
Value..???

shirohniichan · October 11, 2005 7:17AM

Meiji 12 (1879)
VF details with scratches
????

satootoko · October 11, 2005 7:43AM

<< <i>Meiji 12 (1879) >>

Sure looks like "Mei Ji Ni Ju Ichi Nen" (Meij 21 Year - 1888) to me. Even if you don't Shiroh, I remember that they were still writing right to left back then.

Y#A25.3, 38.1mm, 26.9568g of .900 silver, Krause says $25 F, $50 VF.

The only thing that makes me nervous is the definition of the "feathers" adjacent to the "Nen" character (3:00). IMHO they really should be sharper to match the rest of the coin's state of preservation.

shirohniichan · October 11, 2005 7:54AM

D'OH!

21 nen it is. Make that 1888.

gxseries · October 11, 2005 8:24AM

It's definately Meiji 21... that's some fatal error there shiroh...

You just read it as Year 12 JiMei (lol)

It could be a genuine coin but I am not guaranting it... too many counterfeits and you know it's a problem when I have a counterfeit die that looks horrifying real somewhat...

sumnom · October 11, 2005 1:10PM

I don't see anything here to obviously identify this as a fake. It looks pretty good to me.

And yes, shame on you, Shiroh! Bad snake! Bad!

Smittys · October 11, 2005 10:11PM

<< <i>Mei Ji Ni Ju Ichi Nen >>

Glad I got you guys to help me.
Thanks,
Smitty

MacCrimmon · October 11, 2005 10:35PM

<< <i>It's definately Meiji 21... that's some fatal error there shiroh... >>

Hey, this is somewhat akin to the Allied questions about who won the 1928 (or, pick a year) World Series......

As to the coin; what about the outside rim area at 6K, and just inside the lettering from 2-3K? Just corrosion areas?

laurentyvan · October 11, 2005 11:53PM

A couple of scratches but very original looking to me.

Numismatics · October 12, 2005 10:03AM

These silver dragon coins are really cool. I love them.

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