China - Manchukuo coinage revisited

[gxseries]

Spent a whole afternoon doing some number games as I found an interesting reference.

 

So far from what I know, there isn't any reference that provide mintage of Manchukuo coins. However this reference has shown a different perspective which provides figures of how much money was issued every year. From this, I've tried to deduce mintage figures which somewhat looks right. Here's what I've thought: http://gxseries.com/...kuo_mintage.htm

 

Couple of highlights that I've added - these two are a lot tougher than what many would think:

 

1943 5 fen - was a lucky win. Missed it three times in a row and all of them went past the 50 dollar mark.

 

1942 1 fen - despite the low grade, I struggled to find one in any condition for a long time. Makes me wonder if this is underrated.

 

 

 

I've also compiled what I have and started to get rid of the lower grade coins from my collection. This looks like it's getting in place.

 

Here's one with everything compiled together: http://gxseries.com/...a/manchukuo.htm

 

Another one is an album version: http://gxseries.com/.../manchukuo1.htm

 

Getting close to complete this but the rest of the coins are key dates - hard to find in any condition to start off with. Please feel free to add what you think about my method of speculating mintage - open to critism.

[ccg]

Very nice 5f. I've never seen that type before.

[thedeadpoint]

Very cool coins. Sounds like a fun problem you've IDd and tackled.

[Art1.2]

Nice coins GX. You collect some really interesting (and for me different) areas.

[HarveyJMartha]

The coins look real interesting. I haven’t seen or heard much about it though.

[robtgossard]

Well, you definitely have an interesting forum out there and I loved the details that you have shared about the Manchukuo coinage. Not at all familiar about them. Thank you.

[rsraghead]

Yep, free history lesson, and I love history