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 Posted 10/29/2022  2:50 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add harvey2377 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi,

I'm in the process of purchasing a possible Chinese (perhaps Japanese?) coin but unable to translate the legend on the obverse (reverse is blank), I was also hoping to pin this down to a date if possible.

Thanks.
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 Posted 10/29/2022  4:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Albert to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Many coins that look like this having that bottom character are Japanese
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 Posted 10/30/2022  12:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Correct; this one is Japanese, the standard "Kan Ei Tsu Ho" design, issued for a couple hundred years, mid-1600s to mid-1800s.

Experts in the coinage can use differences in the calligraphy to narrow down the date a bit further; I am no such expert.
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These are well described in Hartill EJC
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Awesome! Thank you all for your quick repsonses...
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