Tajima (1750) nan ryo
This specimen was lot 1430 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAPAN. Tajima. Nan Ryo, ND (1750). PCGS EF-45. An attractive gray-toned piece with slightly lighter color on the highpoints. A RARE provincial type. Tajima Province was located in what is today a northern area of Hyōgo Prefecture. The region is perhaps best known to outsiders as the birthplace of Kobe beef." Officially, one koban = one ryo = four bu = 16 shu, but the SCWC notes that the relative value of these predecimal coins varied with market rates. This is the only issue from this prefecture in the 18th century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-65; JNDA-09-75.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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