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@dcarr those are both fine looking Koban. Dimensions and weight check out and from pictures they look legitimate. The one on the left is a Tenpo era minted between 1837 and 1858. It is the most commo… (View Post)

I wanted to share a recent pickup with you guys: a beautiful Man’en era Oban minted ca. 1861. Oban are pretty rarely seen outside of the Japanese coin community and in my opinion are some of the cool… (View Post)

When I first opened the thread, I saw the screenshot of a Denver Coins listing and was expecting a story with a bad ending. Glad to have been wrong - congrats! (View Post)

The fact that these were pretty low purity for the later issues means that there is a lot of silver in the alloy which brings the potential for amazing rainbow toning that can't happen on most gold i… (View Post)

I love the rim toning on your Bunsei @lermish . You should post your upgraded Kyoho! Forgive me for hijacking your thread a bit but I didn't see any general Japanese coin threads. I thought I would s… (View Post)