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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |Japan| > JA92726
Japan, Asakusa and Kosuge, 1863 - 1868, Bunkyu Eiho - Nami, 11 Waves
|Japan|, |Japan,| |Asakusa| |and| |Kosuge,| |1863| |-| |1868,| |Bunkyu| |Eiho| |-| |Nami,| |11| |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, were produced. Bunkyu Eiho (eternally circulating treasure of the Bunkyu Era) were mostly made out of old 1 mon coins and contain no zinc. The Jade Ho script was written by Matsudaira Yoshinaga, a powerful Japanese feudal lord of the Edo period. He is counted as one of the "Four Wise Lords of the Bakumatsu period"
JA92726. Bronze 4 mon, Nami (wave) cash; Hartill EJC 5.19, Jacobs-Vermeule K903, Krause C 6b, Jones Kanei 346-49, aVF, scrapes (normal for the type), Asakusa and Kosuge mint, weight 3.702g, maximum diameter 27.1mm, die axis 0o, 1863 - 1868; obverse bun kyu ei ho, gyoku or tama ho (Jade Ho) script, bottom of ho components simplified, "wide" rim on hole; reverse eleven waves; SOLD










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