Posted 10/14/2009 10:08 am
Japanese coins can be confusing to look up in the Krause world coin catalogues, because this exact same design (the characters read "Kan Ei Tsuu Hou" in Japanese pronunciation) was used on Japanese coins for a couple of hundred years, from it's introduction in 1626 to finally being replaced in 1863, just before the introduction of Western-style machine-struck coinage in 1870. It can be difficult narrowing down exactly where in that period a particular coin belongs.
As a general rule, the more "brassy" the coin appears, the older it is, since the Empire began to run out of copper for use in coinage from the 1700's. From what I understand from reading this page, your coin dates from sometime in the period between 1668 and the mid-1700's.
As a general rule, the more "brassy" the coin appears, the older it is, since the Empire began to run out of copper for use in coinage from the 1700's. From what I understand from reading this page, your coin dates from sometime in the period between 1668 and the mid-1700's.
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