Please help me attribute this Unc. Ichibu

Aethelred · May 11, 2005 2:01PM

I bought this and two other Ichibu today, I have always thought these were really neat coin. That being said I am not sure what era the following Ichibu belongs to, I think it is Tempo Era but I am not able to say that with certainty.

shirohniichan · May 11, 2005 3:18PM

If the photos in Krause are correct, it appears to be a Meiji issue. Look at the bottom of the "gin" (silver) character (the bottom character in the second photo). The bottom stroke of the left radical is bent, and the Tempoh and Ansei ichibu have a straight stroke (again, only if the Krause photos are correct).

AuldFartte · May 12, 2005 1:20AM

That's a very cool piece, Æthelred

I gotta get me one of those

Aethelred · May 12, 2005 9:28AM

Shiro, hope you are right!

AF, You'll have a chance I am listing three on eBay soon, perhaps tonight.

shirohniichan · May 12, 2005 12:18PM

D'oh!

I take that back. It looks like an Ansei ichibu. The photo on page 742 of my Krause isn't all that clear, but it looks like the bottom stroke of the "kane hen" (left radical in "gin") is also bent.

Sorry if I got your hopes up.

satootoko · May 12, 2005 3:13PM

The pictures in Jacobs are also pretty bad, but I think Shiroh has correctly attributed it. The outside strokes of the top character in the left column of a Haheishi (early Meiji) piece are more slanted. Also, the character Shiroh mentioned is very similar on the Kaheishi and Ansei pieces, but is significantly different on the Tempo piece.

A very nice piece oh Dead King.

lordmarcovan · May 13, 2005 6:44AM

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Aethelred · May 13, 2005 12:00PM

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Thank you!

sumnom · May 13, 2005 4:50PM

That is a handsome example.

I was chewing on the legend. The stamped character in the top image means "fixed," meaning the silver content and weigth are standardized. The text below reads (I think), "Silver denomination always correct." I know that is crude but I am giving my best guess for the literal translation. I think we can get the gist of the meaning.

Does anyone know if this is right?

Satootoko, what does "haheishi" mean?

shirohniichan · May 15, 2005 12:45AM

I knew "kahei" was the general term for "currency" in Japanese, but I didn't know kaheishi bu was the term for Meiji ichibu coins until I read the explanation in Krause.

Please help me attribute this Unc. Ichibu

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