Chinese Coin - rectangular, appears to be silver, any info?

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  1. gimbler-dave

    gimbler-dave Well-Known Member

    Can anyone ID this coin? Rectangular and weighs 8.2 grams. Thank you! ... Dave
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  4. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    The site sez it is a Japanese silver 1 bu coin issued 1837-1868. In that cond guess worth maybe $20. But I didn't check melt value. I'm a numismatic numbskull.
     
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  5. gimbler-dave

    gimbler-dave Well-Known Member

    Melt won't be too much, just looked at today's silver price and it is about $15.50 ozt or ~ 50 cents a gram without adjusting for the silver quality.
     
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