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Japanese 416 One Yen 900 Old Coin

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I found this old coin left behind by my dad. I recognized that it is Japanese One Yen and seems quite decent to me. I know that it is not valuable but do hope that it is genuine. It weighed heavier at 27.8g and has a diameter of almost 39mm. Since many of the coins in the collection were fake, I think this is fake as well. What do you think?
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 Posted 10/30/2023  09:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@osw, please confirm that a strong magnet is not attracted to this piece.

Since so many of these coins are fakes, my next step would be to determine the specific gravity. That will at least tell you if it is made from silver.
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Weight is wrong and strike is poor. Japanese coins were minted to a very high standard, deviations to the norm rarely left the mint.

There was a story I heard of a Japanese mint that accidentally released a 'error' note/coin to the public, when the mint director found out he personally made a visit
to the customer's house to buy the 'error' back for 100,000 yen.
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 Posted 11/01/2023  05:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dnas to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's definitely a fake.

Not even because of a poor strike, the details are completely fake.....
The scales are crudely done and all wrong.
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