1 Bu Ban Gin, Japan, 1837
1 Bu Ban Gin, Japan, 1837
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) bu ban gin coin
- Japan, 1837
- Obverse Image: Incuse stampover 4 kanji in rectangle surrounded by 30 sakuras (cherry blosoms) one of them inverted.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: TEI / TSUNE / GIN / ZEZA (Translation: Guaranteed Ginza Joze)
- Reverse Image: 3 vertical kanji in rectangle surrounded by 30 sakuras (cherry blosoms) one of them inverted.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: ITCHI / BU / KIN (Translation: 1 Bu coin)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- Date made
- 1837
- Tempo
- place made
- Japan
- associated place
- Japan
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 mm x 16 mm x 3 mm; 15/16 in x 5/8 in x 1/8 in
- ID Number
- NU.79.112.420
- catalog number
- 79.112.420
- accession number
- 1979.1263
- Credit Line
- Chase Manhattan Bank
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- East Asian Coins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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