Japan (1710-11) mameita gin KM-32
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This specimen was lot 1251 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAPAN: Genbun, 1704-1711, AR mameita-gin, so-called "bean money", Daikoku, the God of Wealth, both sides with character ho within, struck 1710-1711, XF." These mameita-gin were struck in the early eighteenth century in many varieties, this one having the god of plenty on both sides with the character "ho".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.500 fine silver, this specimen 4.19 g.
Catalog reference: KM 32, H-9.26, JNDA-09-63.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- The Catalog of Japanese Coins and Banknotes, Tokyo: JNDA (Japanese Numismatic Dealers Assn.), 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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