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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |Japan| > JA92358
Japan, Musashi Province, Edo, Sendashinden Fukagawa, 1768 - 1769, Shin Kanei Tsuho, Meiwa-sen Nami, 21 Waves
|Japan|, |Japan,| |Musashi| |Province,| |Edo,| |Sendashinden| |Fukagawa,| |1768| |-| |1769,| |Shin| |Kanei| |Tsuho,| |Meiwa-sen| |Nami,| |21| |Waves|, The very first four mon coins, issued in 1768, had 21 waves on the reverse. Later four mon coins, all with 11 waves on the reverse, can be dated by the type and color of the metal. Meiwa-sen, brassy alloy (68% copper, 24% zinc, and 8% tin), was used for the first 11 wave issue, 1769 - 1788. Bunsei-sen, reddish alloy (75% copper, 15% zinc, and 10% lead), was used for the second issue, 1821 - 1825. Ansei-sen, dark alloy (65% copper, 15% zinc, and 20% lead), was used for the third issue, 1857 - 1859. After 1866, all four mon coins were cast in iron.
JA92358. Brass 4 mon, New Kanei; Meiwa-sen (brassy alloy); Nami (wave) cash; Jones Kanei 201; Hartill EJC 4.250; Jacobs-Vermeule K601, gVF, light marks, Musashi Province, Edo, Sendashinden Fukagawa mint, weight 4.431g, maximum diameter 27.5mm, die axis 0o, 1768 - 1769; obverse kan ei tsu ho, long right leg of kan; reverse twenty-one waves; SOLD










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