Stable politics, two bu seal gold : An sei ni bu ban kin.
An (= stable), sei (= politics), ni (= two), bu (= an old Japanese monetary
unit), ban (= seal), kin (= gold).
Edo period (AD 1603-1867).
Production era : AD 1856-1860.
Production place : Kinza, Edo (Tokyo).
Obverse : up and down : a pattern of a paulownia.
Obverse : middle : Chinese character inscription : from right to left :
Ni bu. Ni (= two), bu (= an old Japanese monetary unit). Edge-dots.
Reverse : Chinese character inscription : from up to down : Mitsu tsugu.
Mitsu tsugu is name of the Director of the Gold Mint Bureau. And his signature.
Edge-dots.
Quality : Gold 209 / Silver 791.
5.5g.
21.9mm x 13.4mm.
VF.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp