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‘Phantom’ coins — believed to be destroyed after WWII — found in warehouse in Japan
Officials described the massive coin collection as an “extremely rare” find, according to the Japanese outlet NHK. The face value of the coins is 1 sen, the equivalent of one-one hundredth of ...
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Boxes of ceramic ‘phantom coins’ from WWII found in Kyoto
KYOTO—As many as 500,000 ceramic coins produced during the ... said a representative from the Japan Mint, despite the 1 sen originally being worth just one-100th of 1 yen.