Pricing help for a 5 sen Japanese coin dated 1873

gemini12398 · December 9, 2007 12:51PM

I think it is year 6

anyone know its value for very fine and extra fine?

mrpotatoheadd · December 9, 2007 1:16PM

There are two varieites for that year. Type I is valued $25/$40, Type II is $125/$175.

satootoko · December 9, 2007 1:21PM

If you post a clear picture of the obverse the calligraphy of the "Meiji" characters, which differ for the types, are pretty easy to distinguish if you know what to look for.

satootoko · December 9, 2007 1:23PM

BTW for a type II the Krause value is probably low.

mrpotatoheadd · December 9, 2007 1:28PM

Type I and Type II pictures here:

Pricing help for a 5 sen Japanese coin dated 1873

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