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I just got e-mail notification from the US Mint today, February 25, that they shipped my order for one 2021 ASE Proof. I completed the order within the first one or two minutes on the first day it wa… (View Post)

Yep. The top image (the one with the 100 on it) says in Japanese at the bottom that the coin was issued in the second year of the Heisei era (Akihito's second year as emperor) which is 1990. The… (View Post)

These look like counterfeits. It could be the photograph but the reeding looks too shallow. (View Post)

Those are indeed Japanese coins although I don't know if they were minted by a Japanese mint. The dates are relative to the starts of the Heisei emperor, Akihito, who ascended the throne in 1989… (View Post)

The Mint risks creating a massive, speculative bubble that causes both speculators and long-time collectors to permanenly leave the field after the bubble pops. I saw something like this in the 1990s… (View Post)