View source for Japan (1853-65) shu

[[Image:SB824-46926o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46926]]
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This specimen was lot 46926 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $105. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "JAPAN. Shu, ND (1853-65). Kaei Era. PCGS MS-62." We wonder where the SCWC got the mintage figure reported here.

The dating of hammered and cast coinage of [[Japan]] is confusing. The SCWC states that the coins were not necessarily made during the era to which they are marked. Not all the eras have coinage. The SCWC notes the following:

* Genbun period 1736-41 (used on coinage 1736-1818), emperor was Sakuramachi-tennō (桜町天皇).
* Meiwa period 1764-72, empress and emperor were Go-Sakuramachi-tennō (後桜町天皇) and Go-Momozono-tennō (後桃園天皇).
* An'ei period 1772-81, emperors were Go-Momozono-tennō (後桃園天皇) and Kōkaku-tennō (光格天皇).
* Tenmei period 1781-89, emperor was Kōkaku Tennō' (光格天皇).
* Kansei period 1789-1801, emperor was Kōkaku-tennō (光格天皇).
* Kyowa period 1801-04, emperor was Kōkaku-tennō (光格天皇).
* Bunka period 1804-18, emperors were Kōkaku-tennō (光格天皇) and Ninkō-Tennō (仁孝天皇).
* Bunsei period 1818-30 (used on coinage 1820-37), emperor was Ninkō-tennō (仁孝天皇).
* Tempo period 1830-44 (used on coinage 1837-58), emperor was Ninko-tennō (仁孝天皇).
* Koka period 1844-48, emperors were Ninkō-tennō (仁孝天皇) and Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).
* Kaei period 1848-54 (used on coinage 1853-65), emperor was Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).
* Ansei period 1854-60 (used on coinage 1859-60), emperor was Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).
* Man'en period 1860-61, emperor was Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).
* Bunkyu period 1861-64, emperor was Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).
* Genji period 1864-65, emperor was Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).
* Keio period 1865-68, emperors were Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇) and Meiji-tennō (明治天皇).
* Meiji period 1868-1912, emperor was Meiji-tennō (明治天皇), better known to collectors as Mutsuhito.

Milled coinage of the Western type was introduced early in the Meiji era and the cast and hammered coinage discontinued.

''Recorded mintage:'' 159,244,800. 

''Specification:'' 1.89 g, 0.968 fine silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-C12; JNDA-09-53.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* ''The Catalog of Japanese Coins and Banknotes,'' Tokyo: JNDA (Japanese Numismatic Dealers Assn.), 2014.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Japan (1859-68) bu]], Ansei Era
* [[Japan (1856-60) 2 bu]], Ansei era
* [[Japan (1859) 3 bu]], c/s on Mexico 8 reales
* [[Japan (1865-68) 50 mon]], Keio period
* [[Coins and currency dated 1853]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale]]