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1 Bu 'Enbukin'

Issuer Japan
Year 1589
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Technique Hammered
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Obverse description Irregular round hammered gold flan bearing a symmetrical arrangement of six stylized foliate or floral motifs in high relief, disposed around the field in an orderly pattern. The central and surrounding devices display intricately worked, lobed leaf forms rendered in the plastic, raised style characteristic of late Sengoku-period Japanese gold coinage. A continuous border of raised beads encircles the entire field, forming a granular rim typical of Enbukin-type bu coins.
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Reverse description Irregular round hammered gold flan featuring a prominent central calligraphic or decorative device in high relief, flanked by four stylized foliate motifs disposed symmetrically in the field. The central emblem, rendered in bold raised lines, is characteristic of the authentication or issuer mark applied to Enbukin-type gold bu coinage of the Toyotomi period. The entire design is enclosed by a continuous border of raised granular beads along the rim.
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Mintage 1589: ND (1589)
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