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1 Bu `Meiji Ichibugin`
Issuer | Japan |
Year | 1868-1869 |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Value | 1 Bu (1/4) |
Currency | Ryō (1595-1874) |
Composition | Silver (.807) |
Weight | 8.66 g |
Dimensions | |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Rectangular (irregular) Hammered, Countermarked |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Engraver(s) | |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | C#16b, JNDA#09-54, DHJ#9.83 |
Obverse description | Incuse stamp 定 (= Jo) over 4 kanji in rectangle surrounded by 30 sakuras (cherry blosoms) one of them inverted. |
Obverse script | |
Obverse lettering | 定 常銀 是座 (Translation: Guaranteed Ginza (Silver Mint) Joze (Mint Official)) |
Reverse description | 3 vertical kanji in rectangle surrounded by 30 sakuras (cherry blosoms) one of them inverted |
Reverse script | |
Reverse lettering | 一 分 銀 (Translation: 1 bu silver) |
Edge | |
Mint | |
Mintage | ND
(1868-1869) - Variants exist - 4 267 332
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Catalog ID | 7302989040 |
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