Can anyone identify a coin(s) for me please?
Onderbaadjie
is 2 cm across and a 5 mm hole in the center. There are 2 characters
on the bottom of one side and some type of grain like wheat or rice
bent into almost a half circle above the 2 characters. On the reverse,
3 slightly larger characters, then 2 characters opposite of each other
on the sides of the coin that look almost like a seedling of a bean
plant with 4 smaller characters below that.
The first side is here at;
http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/onderbaadjie/onderbaadjies%20rondom%20photos/Unidentified%20Coin/Side1.jpg
The second side is at;
http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/onderbaadjie/onderbaadjies%20rondom%20photos/Unidentified%20Coin/Side2.jpg
I would just like to know the Country of origin and the local
denomination (I do not need the USD value), it is just for a very
large collection I am building for my son. I picked up many coins and
paper all throughout Africa and Eastern / Western Europe as well as
the Caribbean Islands, I just have not seen this one before.
Second is this one that appears to possibly be a Token from Japan,
can't remember where I got it. It is at;
http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/onderbaadjie/onderbaadjies%20rondom%20photos/Unidentified%20Coin/Token_Maybe.jpg
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Walter
Onderbaadjie
> First, you will have to know about Asian Coins, it is "brass" looking,
> is 2 cm across and a 5 mm hole in the center. There are 2 characters
> on the bottom of one side and some type of grain like wheat or rice
> bent into almost a half circle above the 2 characters. On the reverse,
> 3 slightly larger characters, then 2 characters opposite of each other
> on the sides of the coin that look almost like a seedling of a bean
> plant with 4 smaller characters below that.
>
> The second side is at;http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/onderbaadjie/onderbaadjies%2...
>
> I would just like to know the Country of origin and the local
> denomination (I do not need the USD value), it is just for a very
> large collection I am building for my son. I picked up many coins and
> paper all throughout Africa and Eastern / Western Europe as well as
> the Caribbean Islands, I just have not seen this one before.
>
> Second is this one that appears to possibly be a Token from Japan,
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
> Walter
I also forgot to add, the last one I think was a token from Japan,
there is only 1 pic because both sides are the same.
B.J.
> First, you will have to know about Asian Coins, it is "brass" looking,
> is 2 cm across and a 5 mm hole in the center. There are 2 characters
> on the bottom of one side and some type of grain like wheat or rice
> bent into almost a half circle above the 2 characters. On the reverse,
> 3 slightly larger characters, then 2 characters opposite of each other
> on the sides of the coin that look almost like a seedling of a bean
> plant with 4 smaller characters below that.
>
> The second side is at;http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc356/onderbaadjie/onderbaadjies%2...
This is a 5 Yen coin from Japan. The date is year 5 of Akihito
(Heisei), which was 1993.
I have no idea for the second token.
Onderbaadjie
> This is a 5 Yen coin from Japan. The date is year 5 of Akihito
> (Heisei), which was 1993.
>
> I have no idea for the second token.
Thank You,
I was wondering where it was from. I knew I had some items from
Japan, but was not sure id that one was too, I was thinking China.
Thanks for the help!
Walter
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5 cents US.) The token I think is also from Japan, since it uses the
Japanese hiragana script. The inscription reads "ya-o-ya" or
"yaoya". Some quick Googling shows that "yaoya" is a Japanese word
for a greengrocer, so this is probably a token issued for a grocer in
Japan. Hope this helps.
-Robert A. DeRose, Jr.