Japan (1856-60) 2 bu
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This specimen was lot 867 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAPAN: Ansei, 1854-1860, AV ni bu, fan-shaped kiri crest above and below, ni bu at center // Mitsutsugu signature, struck 1856-60, EF." We wonder where the SCWC got the mintage figure reported here.
Recorded mintage: 7,103,320.
Specification: 5.62 g, .209 gold and .791 fine silver, 21 x 13 mm, this specimen 5.48 g.
Catalog reference: H-8.30, JNDA-09-27, KM C21b.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- The Catalog of Japanese Coins and Banknotes, Tokyo: JNDA (Japanese Numismatic Dealers Assn.), 2014.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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