• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• The Euro Is Here - Edd & Johanne Smith
• Collecting World Coins - Edd Smith
• Chapter 1 - Buying and Selling World Coins
• Chapter 2 - Mail Order Coins
• Chapter 3 - Using Computers to Enhance Coin and Paper Money Collecting
• Chapter 4 - International Rates of Exchange Table
• Chapter 5 - Gold, Silver, and Platinum Bullion Value Charts
• Chapter 6 - International Coin Mints and Distributors
• Chapter 7 - International Association of Professional Numismatists
• Chapter 8 - International Numismatic Organizations
• Chapter 9 - International Numismatic Publications
• Chapter 10 - Coin Auction Sales
• Chapter 11 - How to Use This Book
• Chapter 12 - PNG the Professional Numismatists Guild
• Chapter 13 - Ancient Coins: Collecting Historical Coins
• Chapter 14 - Antilles (Netherlands)
• Chapter 15 - Argentina
• Chapter 16 - Australia
• Chapter 17 - Belgium
• Chapter 18 - Bermuda
• Chapter 19 - Bolivia
• Chapter 20 - Brazil
• Chapter 21 - Canada
• Chapter 22 - China
• Chapter 23 - Cuba
• Chapter 24 - Egypt
• Chapter 25 - Finland
• Chapter 26 - France
• Chapter 27 - Germany
• Chapter 28 - Greece
• Chapter 29 - Hungary
• Chapter 30 - Iceland
• Chapter 31 - India
• Chapter 32 - Ireland
• Chapter 33 - Israel
• Chapter 34 - Italy
• Chapter 35 - Japan
• Chapter 36 - Luxembourg
• Chapter 37 - Malta
• Chapter 38 - Mexico
• Chapter 39 - Morocco
• Chapter 40 - Mozambique
• Chapter 41 - Nepal
• Chapter 42 - Netherlands
• Chapter 43 - New Zealand
• Chapter 44 - Norway
• Chapter 45 - Pakistan
• Chapter 46 - Palestine
• Chapter 47 - Philippines
• Chapter 48 - Pitcairn Islands
• Chapter 49 - Poland
• Chapter 50 - Portugal
• Chapter 51 - Russia
• Chapter 52 - South Africa
• Chapter 53 - Spain
• Chapter 54 - Switzerland
• Chapter 55 - Syria
• Chapter 56 - Turkey
• Chapter 57 - United Kingdom
• Chapter 58 - USSR
• Chapter 59 - Vatican City
• Chapter 60 - Venezuela
• Chapter 61 - Vietnam
• Back Cover

430 / JAPAN JAPAN The first coins were used in 708 and were silver and copper imita-tions of Chinese cast-bronze coins. Copper coins were used for the next 250 years. After 958 no copper coins were issued, and by the end of the 10th century they were no longer in use. Imported Chi-nese bronze coins began circulating in the 13th century. Rectangular-shaped coins were in use in the 17th and 18th centuries. The first decimal coins were produced in 1870. Today’s currency is the yen. Japan—Type Coinage Key to Grading: Dragon DATE COIN TYPE/VARIETY/METAL ABP AVERAGE FINE FINE 1873–1888 1 /2 Sen, Obv: Sun With Rays, Rev: Value in Wreath, Bronze — $2.00 1916–1919 5 Rin, Kiri Crest, Bronze — .60 1873–1915 1 Sen, Obv: Sun With Rays, Rev: Value in Wreath, Bronze — 1.25 Key to Grading: Flowers