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This Tsuhou coin is a type of cast-copper coin minted in Japan and modeled from Chinese coinage of the times. Chinese coins also were used quite frequently throughout Japan during the Tokugawa era.

This coin is from the third year of the Meiji Period (1871). It was worth 20 Yen, and was part of the Meiji Coinage System initiated during the Meiji Restoration. This coinage system represents the consolidation of practical power within the Japanese…

This coin is from the third year of the Meiji Period (1871). It was worth 5 Yen, and was part of the Meiji Coinage System initiated during the Meiji Restoration. This coinage system represents the consolidation of practical power within the Japanese…

This coin is from the third year of the Meiji Period (1871). It was worth 2 Yen, and was part of the Meiji Coinage System initiated during the Meiji Restoration. This coinage system represents the consolidation of practical power within the Japanese…

During the Tokugawa Period, the coinage system recognized by the Tokugawa era Japanese Government was not standardized. As such, commodity trade and currency exchange with foreign coins also occurred. This coin is one example of the diversity of…

Ichibuban were a denomination of the Tokugawa coinage system, valued at 'one bu' or one fourth of a Koban coin.

Koban coins were the second largest denomination of Tokugawa period coins. They were often stamped with the Japanese seal, the mint signature and the name of the province or mine of origin.

Koban coins were the second largest denomination of Tokugawa period coins. They were often stamped with the Japanese seal, the mint signature and the name of the province or mine of origin.

These three different Japanese Oban demonstrate the diversity of Japanese coins during the Tokugawa Period. Oban could be quite diverse in origin, shape and signatures. They often carried the Japanese Government seal, the mine or province of origin,…

An Oban Coin from the Keicho Era within the Tokugawa Period in Japan.