Coin ID part 2 - Japanese coins

clarkbar04

Here ya go!

Sapyx

#1 is Chinese, the Ch'ien Lung emperor (1736-1795), Peking Public Works mint, KM 390. Common enough - less than $1.

#2 is Japanese, late period "bun kyu ei ho" type, 1863-1867, KM/C 6a. I'd guess $5 to $10 in that condition.

#3 (bottom one) is Japanese, 5 sen, year 4 (1871). It's either KM/Y 6.1 or 6.2, depending on how many rays there are coming out of the sun - either 66 or 53. Either way, it's not a common coin; $100 for a ball-park figure.

sumnom

I like that 5 sen!

Stork

I think I'm counting 53 rays (the more common of the two varieties), but I'm not wearing my glasses , Meiji year 4 or 1871 and listed at 8000 yen in the 2007 JNDA in a well circulated state...up to 20,000 yen in the circulated states. UNCs are into the 40-60000 yen range. The mintage figures aren't broken out by type in my catalog, in the 1.6 million range combined.

A cool coin indeed!

I'm afraid I don't know much about the pre-Meiji coins at all.

satootoko

There are 79 beads on the 66-ray variety of the 5 sen, and only 65 beads on the 53-ray variety. I find it much easier to count the beads, and unless my eyes are playing tricks I think you have the somewhat more valuable version, maybe $125 or so.

BTW I have several more references than Cathy, but none of them break out the 1,865,000 total mintage for the two varieties.

clarkbar04

Thanks for your help everyone, I appreciate it greatly.

I guess I would be well to do for paying $16 for #3.