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Serbia 1879 10 Para
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Phillipines 1885 20 centavos
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MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.

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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The third one is Philippines 20 Centimos. Civitas has a nice slabbed MS62 example for sale on eBay right now.

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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not sure about the first one - perhaps Montenegro?

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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Scratch that - try Yugoslavian.

    edit: D'oh, Yugoslavia didn't exist until early 20th Century

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    clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,928 ✭✭✭✭✭
    According to my numismaster, yugoslavia doesn't exist. image

    Thanks for the help on the other.
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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry, forgot that Yugoslavia didn't appear until early 20th Century. Try Montenegro or Serbia.

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    clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,928 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Serbia it is. I could've swore I tried that before and came up empty. Thanks!
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    SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The middle one is Japanese, a 10 sen from year 3 (1870), KM/Y# 2.
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    satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720


    << <i>The middle one is Japanese, a 10 sen from year 3 (1870), KM/Y# 2. >>

    Verrrrry difficult to tell for sure from the picture, but I'm going to stick my neck out and call it the more common shallow scale variety of that 2.5g, .800 silver first year of Japanese milled coinage. Total mintage was 6,102,000. $20+/- in that condition.
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    clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,928 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>The middle one is Japanese, a 10 sen from year 3 (1870), KM/Y# 2. >>

    Verrrrry difficult to tell for sure from the picture, but I'm going to stick my neck out and call it the more common shallow scale variety of that 2.5g, .800 silver first year of Japanese milled coinage. Total mintage was 6,102,000. $20+/- in that condition. >>



    What do you grade this coin? I have it as an easy AU but I've never seen a coin like it to compare to.
    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
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    satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720


    << <i>What do you grade this coin? I have it as an easy AU but I've never seen a coin like it to compare to. >>

    The obverse (dragon side) detail, even on this notoriously weakly struck coin, comes in at least a couple of grades lower IMHO. The reverse might make XF on a good day, in the right light.
    Roy


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    LostSislerLostSisler Posts: 521 ✭✭✭
    I have one of those Japanese coins slabbed MS-66 and it is a real beauty in that grade! Great craftsmanship.
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