Please show your favorite Japanese coin
laurentyvan
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My favorite (not this particular coin necessarily but the type. Used to have a better one but this is what I got now)
is the Bronze 100 mon coin which was issued during the 6th year of the Tempô era, AD 1835.
The inscription down the front of this coin reads 'Tem po tsu ho'.
'Tempo' refers to the Tempô era (1830-44), and 'tsûho' means 'circulating treasure' or 'coin'.
The inscription on the reverse reads 'to hyaku' ('worth-100'), that is, worth 100 of the standard Japanese cash coins, known as mon.
The oval form of this piece may have been inspired by the gold ôban and koban.
These token coins were issued to bring in extra revenue to the government.
Height: 48.500 mm
Width: 32.000 mm
Weight: 20.570 g
Why do I like it so much? Because it's big, heavy and so distinctive!
is the Bronze 100 mon coin which was issued during the 6th year of the Tempô era, AD 1835.
The inscription down the front of this coin reads 'Tem po tsu ho'.
'Tempo' refers to the Tempô era (1830-44), and 'tsûho' means 'circulating treasure' or 'coin'.
The inscription on the reverse reads 'to hyaku' ('worth-100'), that is, worth 100 of the standard Japanese cash coins, known as mon.
The oval form of this piece may have been inspired by the gold ôban and koban.
These token coins were issued to bring in extra revenue to the government.
Height: 48.500 mm
Width: 32.000 mm
Weight: 20.570 g
Why do I like it so much? Because it's big, heavy and so distinctive!
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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A bu from ca 1858-68
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1964 Japan 1000 Yen
Gary
<< <i>I have a small collection that I refer to as my Pacific Rim collection. Here is the more interesting piece, a Yen from 1870. I decided not to edit the photo too much since I find that my CRT screen darkens the image. I suspect that a flat screen will show this photo as more appealing. I do not know what caused the striped toning.
Stunner to me!!!
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<< <i>I have a small collection that I refer to as my Pacific Rim collection. Here is the more interesting piece, a Yen from 1870. I decided not to edit the photo too much since I find that my CRT screen darkens the image. I suspect that a flat screen will show this photo as more appealing. I do not know what caused the striped toning.
That is a thing of beauty!
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is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
This 1885 (M18) half sen went to Cathy, a PCGS MS64RD I think
A gold 10 yen, much like silvereagle's, but a more common date, 1909 (M41) and from the Japanese ministry of Finances hoard, graded MS65 by PCGS in its original holder
A 1903 yen NGC MS64 that went to JamminJ, initially bought from L.Teller, a nice lustrous mostly mark free coin.
A colorful 1964 1000 yen, NGC MS66 that went to coinpictures and became the subject of a disagreement in this forum over the premiums paid for colour.
And finally, one that I never owned and probably never will, a spectacular 1898 yen in NGC MS67,a true rarity that belongs to a friend who had it imaged by Mark Goodman.
In a category of its own.
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I don't have any nice pictures, but Spoon posted my favorite design. I think I tried to buy that coin but it had sold before I could. Sigh.
I do have that lovely 1/2 sen of Dimitris--but it's one of the keepers back in the US in a double protection Intercept box
The hoo bird/phoenix is my favorite theme on the Japanese coins, though the dragons are quite cool too. For the moderns the Japanese Mint has made some nice commemoratives. The Enthronement, 10 anniversary are nice, but the newest--the 20th year anniversary of the enthronement (link is to a pandaamerica page) is pretty nice.
I've been adding slowly to my Japanese Dansco, and someday I might try some photos. At this point my free phone has a higher megapixel count than my 'regular' camera, so needless to say I'm not one to take the great shots.
Cathy