Japan BU (Ichibu) Nd(1837-1854) Stamped With A Symbol And Need Help Id'ing

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amnight Valued Member United States 332 Posts	Posted 01/30/2017 4:26 pm Came across this coin and was wanting to know if anyone can tell me what the stamped symbol on this coin is? Does it make it rare and add value or just a normal type coin for this date? I have circled and arrowed the mark in question. All replies are appreciated. Thank you! * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34410 Posts	Posted 01/31/2017 05:38 am @amnight, that looks like a "chop mark", a countermark added to a coin by a merchant or bank who was certifying that this coin was of good silver. Here is one of the best CCF threads on this subject: http://goccf.com/t/10712 "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 01/31/2017 10:59 am I'd have to dig out my copy of Hartill. I agree that it is a chopmark, but there was one particular chop mark from a certain clan that would make a coin very valuable. Otherwise, these coins were made from very high purity silver (95+% IIRC) and thus popular with foreign merchants. Report this Post to the Staff
Squire Wilson Pillar of the Community Australia 653 Posts	Posted 05/01/2021 09:28 am Old topic but just today I bought a Tempo Era Ichi Bu. So I researched it. Check https://coinweek.com/world-coins/co...e-bar-money/ The author of the article has been researching this topic Squire Report this Post to the Staff
kidorui New Member United States 17 Posts	Posted 07/18/2022 10:56 am Squire Wilson points you to a knowledgeable source, Lianna Spurrier. But you will learn more quickly if you visit her web site at https://rectanglecoins.com and view her description of "Silver Set". Look for the Shonai coin. Finn235 thus refers to the Shonai clan. As the time went by the silver content in these coins dropped and the currency was basically devalued. The Shonai clan added new chop mark(s) to mark the coins they knew had higher silver content. One of the chop marks looks a lot like the validation stamp you see on all ichibu (top center of your first image). The other mark looks like an upside down Y sticking half way out the top of a square with a nearly total opening on its bottom. Neither mark looks like yours. Report this Post to the Staff
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