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Osaka Mint engraving from the Stack's Macau Auction
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So I don't venture over to the dark side very often, but I do enjoy certain world coins and numismatic items. I was looking over the Macau auction at Stack's in December and I knew I wanted this item. Unfortunately I don't read Japanese so I really don't have an idea what it says. 
This is the Stack's description, although I intend to do my best to verify the information in the future.
JAPAN. Osaka Mint Silver Plaque, ca. 1900.
55 x 85 mm; 119.6 gms. View of the Osaka mint facilities from the bay. Mature trees in front of the building suggest an issue date twenty or more years after the mint was constructed in 1871 by mint engraver I. Sato. Reverse with a central inscription block over a pastoral scene with trees, a fence, and a Shinto Shrine in the distance. Edge marked "Made at the Japanese Mint" (in Japanese). Appears to be silver, but not marked so. Overall matte pearl gray finish with a few areas of minor staining on the obverse. A few light scuff marks. Toned.
This is the Stack's description, although I intend to do my best to verify the information in the future.JAPAN. Osaka Mint Silver Plaque, ca. 1900.
55 x 85 mm; 119.6 gms. View of the Osaka mint facilities from the bay. Mature trees in front of the building suggest an issue date twenty or more years after the mint was constructed in 1871 by mint engraver I. Sato. Reverse with a central inscription block over a pastoral scene with trees, a fence, and a Shinto Shrine in the distance. Edge marked "Made at the Japanese Mint" (in Japanese). Appears to be silver, but not marked so. Overall matte pearl gray finish with a few areas of minor staining on the obverse. A few light scuff marks. Toned.
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