The actual design looks the same to me. The one you got is just old and worn, whereas the one photoed on Numista is mint. Very often if you are buying ungraded old coins, the dealer will try to send you ones in bad condition. I don't think it's a fake. It looks like the real thing. If it was a fake, it wouldn't be worn like that.
Personally I kind of prefer when they are a little worn. It shows me that it was well used and makes me wonder about the people who previously held the coin years ago.
Your coin is actually from the Meiji era, not Taisho. 明治四十一 is Meiji 41, or 1908. If the person you bought from isn't Japanese, it's an easy mistake to make. All kanji look the same to many, after all.
I don't have any for that year, but I have two for the year after
So comparing yours to mine does it mean that the part I marked is just worn off as it only seems to miss the second smaller stripe in the writing.. Now I get why I didn't notice it was another era..
一 on your coin means 1. 二 on my coin means two. The first few numbers in Japanese are pretty simple 😃
LOL, got it now! Thanks !PIMP
Hey, thanks for showing up as I was hoping that you'd be able to clarify a bit.. the thing is, it was advertised as 1914 Taisho, so that's what I looked up on Numista and found this:
Initially I didn't notice the difference which I marked with green, as I also thought it's just been used more and therefore looks different. But if you check the same part on my coin:"
It's not the same. Now I wonder if that's because of the different era you mention, so now I will go to Numista to check the ones from the Meiji era. Can you tell me what mine says vs what the one on Numista says though?
Again thanks for the help :) !PIMP
Yours says 明治四十一年 which means "Meiji 41", which is 1908
The kanji are reversed on your coin because at the time the writing system was right to left. It has flipped since then, so I can't type out that way easily.
The one in the other says 大正六年 which means "Taisho 6", which is 1917. Again, the kanji is reversed on the coin.
So it is the same coin, just a different year than promised. The late Meiji coins had the same silver content, so there is no real difference unless you are collecting for dates.
Well, it's just a little older than advertised, I still like the coin and are mostly happy that it doesn't turn out to be a real fake. It's just slightly different than I thought. It turns out to be a little difficult to figure out what is what so I learned but man I still hope to find some other Japanese coins because I saw some really pretty ones.
If you happen to have any for sale, please please let me know !LOL
The Taisho coins might be a little more rare. Hmm.. I'm not sure offhand. I'd have to dig out my notes.
If I ever am looking to unload some of my Japanese coins, you'll be the first to know 😃
Some nice lessons above, thank you so much! !LUV
And if you ever do, please let me know, as I'm intrigued by these coins..
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Yep, that's it
Great, added a bit of text in the post and changed it in Numista. Thanks so much for the help !LUV
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