I Have A Couple Of (Possibly Quite Old) Asian Coins. Identification Help?

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Derek Valued Member United States 125 Posts	Posted 05/11/2016 4:43 pm I have a couple of Asian coins that I think could be quite old but I literally know NOTHING about these types of coins. Can anybody help me identify these? Also, if possible, I would appreciate anybody that could point me to resources that could give me more information about these in the future. I always find these sorts of asian coins interesting, but without being able to read the language inscriptions there isn't much I can do to collect these sorts of coins without good resources. I think these are from japan, but that's really all I can gather. I have more of these I picked up a few years ago. Hopefully I'll be able to identify them in the near future as well. Report this Post to the Staff

Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2897 Posts	Posted 05/11/2016 5:07 pm Yes Japan I find these incredibly difficult to work with as some aspects are based on style which only experts can decipher. The Zeno pages should help http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=11213. The above ones seem to be (assuming they are the same) Kanei Tsuho (1 Mon 1626-1867), Shin-Kanei Tsuho, Kameido-mura, Edo (the Mint), Shimaya-sen My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
aiglet7 Pillar of the Community Canada 695 Posts	Posted 05/11/2016 5:10 pm Your coin is Japanese and appears to be a Kan'ei tsuuhou. The mintmark is from the Kamedo mint. The diameter should be 25 mm. This link should help you further:- http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty...pancash.html or you could purchase a copy of Early Japanese Coins by David Hartill Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2897 Posts	Posted 05/11/2016 5:14 pm There is also this free to read book on Japanese coins on google books https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...unro&f=false My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Derek Valued Member United States 125 Posts	Posted 05/11/2016 5:22 pm Quite helpful responses. I'll try to make the best use of these resources to learn about these coins in the future. Thank you! Report this Post to the Staff
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