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My favorite darkside (Japan)

mayor1mayor1 Posts: 377
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Sorry about poor picture, but this is a PCGS MS65 Meiji 3 (1870) 5 Sen.


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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Very hard to take great photos through plastic, Nice coinimage
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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image The Japanese type set is one I keep coming back to. Thanks for posting the picture!


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  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭
    Y#1, shallow scale variety, with a weaker than usual strike, which leads me to respectfully disagree with PCGS and call it an MS60. Even so, it would certainly fill a hole in my collection. image
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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Damn Bill, you picked that up when you were a kid didn't you!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • mayor1mayor1 Posts: 377
    Marty,
    Bought that one and 5 other Meiji 3's in 1971 in Misawa, Japan. The early part of that type set I showed you was in a hoard I bought. And yes, I was just a kid then which would make it prior to the time of your conception! image Bill.
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  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    which leads me to respectfully disagree with PCGS and call it an MS60

    Now satootoko, never argue with the bureaucracy...image

    Nice coin mayor1. I know of few images in the coin world that are nicer than that Japanese Dragon. Good job getting that MS65. I wouldn't let it out of that slab if I were you!image
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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    That last post went up without any text. Interesting...

    At any rate, that's a nice piece. I have one but it's in pretty rough shape. I love the reverse on this issue.
  • MadameMadame Posts: 236
    Very nice
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  • kwmorgankwmorgan Posts: 967 ✭
    I really like their current coinage. I bought a 2006 set, with the square silver in the center of the set. Nothing numismatically special, probably...but I love the 100 yen with the cherry blossoms. Just a neat little inexpensive set to look at.
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