Japanese trade coin.

• OasisBlue

  20 Jul 07, 19:27

  
  
  Hi, just want to check if anyone knows how much this coin is worth if it's real.
  
  Thanks.
• xalkyrie

  20 Jul 07, 19:40

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• sand king

  21 Jul 07, 09:53

  Cool, are these coins yours?
• OasisBlue

  21 Jul 07, 10:55

  Originally posted by sand king:

  Cool, are these coins yours?

  nope haha... it belongs to my mother's friend who hopefully wants to sell it if it's confirmed to be real. so he wants to find out how much this coin really worth now... cuz he told my mother that japan is taking back such coin at a high price... but i can't find it on google.
• niu.niu

  21 Jul 07, 11:03

  Maybe you can go to Google and search under " Japan Trade Dollar".
  
  Trade Dollar coin was issued in 1875 (the 8th year of Meiji period). This silver coin was issued for foreign trade (like Trade Dollar of USA). Coin was mined in silver of 900 fineness and has weight 27.22 g (some more than silver Yen coin in that time - 26.96 gr.) These coins were issued during 3 years (from 1875 to 1877). Some coins have Japanese "Gin" countermark ("Silver" in English). All these coins are RARE and very hard to find in high grade.
  
  But a check at eBay, it prices is like er...
  
  U decide better.
  
• OasisBlue

  21 Jul 07, 11:08

  Originally posted by niu.niu:

  Maybe you can go to Google and search under "Trade Dollar Coin".

  thanks but i tried searching it before... it didn't work... it only shows me the canadian trade coin... when i search for japanese trade coin... there isn't much information
• OasisBlue

  21 Jul 07, 11:14

  is there any coin expert around?
• OasisBlue

  21 Jul 07, 11:16

  Originally posted by niu.niu:

  Maybe you can go to Google and search under " Japan Trade Dollar".
  
  Trade Dollar coin was issued in 1875 (the 8th year of Meiji period). This silver coin was issued for foreign trade (like Trade Dollar of USA). Coin was mined in silver of 900 fineness and has weight 27.22 g (some more than silver Yen coin in that time - 26.96 gr.) These coins were issued during 3 years (from 1875 to 1877). Some coins have Japanese "Gin" countermark ("Silver" in English). All these coins are RARE and very hard to find in high grade.
  
  But a check at eBay, it prices is like er...
  
  U decide better.
  

  thanks i read that before too... erm the price at ebay is cheap because what they are selling are duplicates of the real coins... the seller mentioned it in the item description.
• aiglosicicle

  21 Jul 07, 12:28

  go google coin collectors maybe?