Odd that they only showed up after the Farouk piece sold.
Had they surfaced earlier, they would have had a good case to use the subsequent Farouk sale to make the same argument on a split.
And thank you for being with us! :-)
The Roman emperors in the 4th century actually had coins for things like this:
(Rough translation would be 10 years served because of vows, and here's looking ahead to 20)
Off the top of my head...
1. Japanese
2. Chinese charm. The four characters could be roughly translated as "accumulate wealth" (i.e. general good luck charm)
3. yes, it's a Japanese "100" piece.
On the D.A.T.A. piece on the first page, the "T.A." at the end likely stands for "Transit Authority" so it'd be down to looking for an place with the initials D.A. (e.g. "Dallas Area", just to throw a random example out)
There are many "temple coins" in silver that people buy for the express purpose of using as an offering at a temple.
Reportedly, some temples in India have built up massive hoards of precious metals.