Is Grandpa's WWII Japanese Sword Worth $50,000?

Is Grandpa's WWII Japanese Sword Worth $50,000? September 1945. A dock on a recaptured island in the western Pacific, the air still thick with the smell of oil and rotting palm. A young American soldier — a rifleman barely out of high school, one of hundreds of thousands of men just like him — is standing in a loose line when a Japanese officer steps forward, stops, and holds something out towards him with both hands. It is a sword. Curved, a little under three feet, sitting in a scabbard wrapped in worn olive-drab cloth. Resources: kabane swords and Japanese surrender https://www.iwm.org.uk/blog/partnersh... World War II Pacific souvenirs https://nzsoldierartinthepacificwar.c... September 2018 Japanese sword study https://studyingjapaneseswords.com/20... Reddit discussion disappearance samurai swords   / the_disappearance_of_japans_samurai_swords   Outpost spoils of war trophies https://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/even... "Copyright Disclaimer" Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, education or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Note: ⚠ All the videos are created by myself. Copying without permission is prohibited. My videos are solely intended for entertainment purposes. This video is based on various relevant research and discussions. All presented data, numbers, facts, and images may not be up-to-date, valid, or in any specific order.