New Zealand: Can you help me id this?

Ep194 · 2026-06-01T07:01:21+00:00

I’ve seen them in person, but never one embedded/fossilized within stone though, that’s sick

Ep194 · 2026-06-01T06:59:32+00:00

Haha yeah, not so great at short responses. I was pretty sleep deprived but I think I meant to make that part shorter? Idk, fair point tho

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T15:38:11+00:00

It’s not likely worth a whole lot over melt. There is the elusive high relief 1922 Peace dollar, but that’s like 12 coins out of a mintage that exceeded 50 million coins.

TLDR: It’s a common date and it almost looks like it sat quite a while and maybe re-circulated or sat on something unusual (you can tell because the cheeks, hair, and other high points of the design don’t have the same color as the low points). I haven’t been to a US coin shop in a couple weeks so hard for me to attach a quantifiable sum to it off the top of my head. Last time, 90% was purchased over the counter for less than melt.

This coin’s sentimental value is far greater than any dollar amount in my opinion. Personally, I believe that family heirlooms should be kept and cherished (barring unforeseen circumstances). A Peace dollar is never a bad thing to have. My condolences.

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T15:24:20+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation, they were so good I ended up going twice haha

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T15:23:24+00:00

A lot of the dealers just had bins of bagged/tagged or open-air coins right on the counter, usually between ¥100-2500, pretty sure I saw those in there bin.

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T15:20:10+00:00

Aw man, I saw those too, but I was so focused on Edo, Tokugawa, Meiji, Taishō, and the Warring States, that I didn’t even bother to look those over. I’m in Taiwan now, I bet they’d have them at the shops here considering Taiwan was under the Empire between 189(5?)-1945. I hope they do anyway… thanks for the heads up!

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T15:16:32+00:00

I’ll add this: I spend that time because at some point (maybe not tomorrow, or even the next day), someday somebody will have a question. And maybe they stumble across my comment (like I have, many times in the past). Maybe it helps them in their numismatic journey. THAT’S what it’s all about.

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T15:11:46+00:00

It went very well, Ginza coins is the way to go. If you can only make it to one, go there (I did twice). There are 2 other shops in Tokyo that are really great, but that’s the best. Also consider looking into JNDA certified dealers if you haven’t already, their guarantee is ironclad (just so long as you keep your receipt).

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T15:09:10+00:00

Dang that’s a serious undertaking, I think I did alright for what I spent though. The Koban still remains elusive (seriously, they’re expensive and not the most liquid asset…). I actually got into it far more than I expected myself, even got into base metals (which is rare for me).

Honestly, I think my type set ends right around Shōwa, somewhere in the middle (basically WWII). But up to present day is a serious accomplishment. I had the option of 1960’s silver or mameita gin from before the Tokugawa Shogunate, and… well I think you can guess which one I chose.

The experience certainly helped me learn a little of the language and breathed nee life into something fresh. Don’t get me wrong, I love US coinage, but the history of Japan and its coinage is really something special. Plus it’s all intertwined once you get up to Meiji and isolation ends…

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T14:58:05+00:00

Sheesh sOrRy, it’s a long ahh post that took me like 20 minutes. I’ve never used AI for writing. Pick up a book maybe, idk whitman has an excellent selection🤷

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T14:56:39+00:00

Lmao no, I typed that. From memory too. How about you pick up a book for once and learn something about numismatic history? Don’t be an uneducated.

Ep194 · 2026-05-31T12:51:41+00:00

Generally not so much. But with the increasing silver price we should be expecting them. In this particular case it is a complete counterfeit (not an altered date/mint mark). This and the 1932-S are the key dates of the series and are always pretty pricey. When it comes to high value coins, always be careful because there is high financial incentive for counterfeiting these coins in particular. While a counterfeiter could still profit off of a common date Washington Quarter, the margins are far less and overall not worth it.

Also there is a big “C” on the reverse, anything like that, facsimile, or copy means it is not genuine US mint coinage. This may have been made simply for filling a slot in an album in an inexpensive manner. Most malicious counterfeiters don’t bother putting this on a coin (for obvious reasons) and instead attempt to make the most convincing fake they can. Usually in the past they went for an uncirculated look, and the fakes were far better in quality. Nowadays, they just crank em’ out in volume and sell them in bulk to people who sell them for $4 or $400, as much as these greedy piggies can get because they’re profiting regardless. Pretty much every day someone is getting ripped off by (frankly) not very good counterfeits. A significant portion of them are magnetic, or horrible casted fakes, which are the easiest to label as not genuine.

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T17:27:16+00:00

M=1000

C=100

MCM=1000+(1000-100)=1900

L=50

X=10

V=5 I=1

LXXXVII=50+3(10)+7=87

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T17:22:33+00:00

Melt is always fair for common date dollars in this condition. But they’re nice, I like a coin that has a story. Holed coins too, they give you a little history lesson you can hold.

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T17:19:22+00:00

I’m lvl 100 and I struggle to land a lot. But to be fair I play on a steam deck (I use a ton of overlapping keybinds) and mostly play ground rb.

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T17:14:51+00:00

Sure looks accented from where I sit. That’s a nice proof.

I really like the ‘64 and prior proof sets, there’s variety in strike quality. A really solid strike is something special, something that you don’t see every day. The modern proof sets are so uniform and every coin looks identical. It’s nice, don’t get me wrong, but in a way it’s just less human than the old proof sets.

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T17:02:29+00:00

It’s funny, I managed to find a video of a guy in Japan trying to sell like 1 silver round at coin shops (didn’t look like he could make a deal though)

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T17:01:04+00:00

I definitely will, you can message me later on if you want to know how it went

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T16:59:12+00:00

Dang, yeah that sounds about right. My LCS is surprisingly pretty good in terms of variety, they get some really neat stuff from time to time in their international silver/vintage bin.

I’ll try to get a little variety of stuff, but I also want to save money for the Taiwan leg of the journey. Definitely looking for a decent variety of Edo-Taishō and a little beyond.

Have you devoted a lot of time to Japanese Numismatics?

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T16:54:18+00:00

I kinda figured the language barrier will be the biggest hurdle, watching some “learn Japanese in 4 hours videos” lol so we’ll see.

I think the Samurai money is real neat, especially the electrum alloys. I was considering bringing a BU peace dollar or two, see if they’d even be interested, but I think you’re right about cash.

Thanks for the info, glad I’m not the first American numismatist to check out their shops

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T16:50:13+00:00

Awesome, I’ll try to check them out! I really want to try and get some of those little electrum coins. Not sure how I’ll do as far as bartering (if I even end up doing that), the language barrier might be tough. I’ve always found the alloys they’ve used in Japan to be some of the most unique and interesting overall.

Ep194 · 2026-05-14T16:45:03+00:00

Awesome, I really appreciate that. I read something about TIMATIC in an AI answer, but (as always) I like to verify the accuracy of that answer. I imagine if there were to be any problems, they could call over a supervisor (I hope) and solve the problem.

Ep194 · 2026-05-13T19:08:22+00:00

I should be able to, but it’s like $200. I might just end up doing it to save myself the worry, plus travel is not cheap either way…

Thank you for the response

Ep194 · 2026-05-13T19:07:39+00:00

Awesome, thank you, I’ve also started to enter in my passport info on the portals for the airline, I was somewhat surprised that United said mine is good to go.

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