MI-1

Heaven holds, bean board silver : Ten pou mame ita gin.
Edo period (AD 1603-1867).
Casting era : AD 1837-1858.
Casting place : Kakigarachou, Edo (Tokyo).
Shogun : Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Tokugawa Iesada, Tokugawa Iemochi.
Ten (=Heaven), pou (=hold). "Ten pou (=Heaven holds)" is name of years when this type of coin was made for the first time. mame (=bean), ita (=board), gin (=silver).
Obverse : Chinese character inscription : Jyo ze, Takara, Ho.
"Jyo ze" is name of director of the mint of silver coins. Takara (=treasure). Ho (=hold).
"pou" is a euphonic change of "Ho".
Quality : Silver 261 / the others 739.
17.0g.
22.3mm x 18.0mm.
VF.
Sold.

MI-2

Explanation is the same as above. But,
13.2g.
21.8mm x 14.8mm.
VF.
Sold.

MI-3

Explanation is the same as above. But,
11.2g.
18.9mm x 14.9mm.
VF.
Sold.

MI-4

Explanation is the same as above. But,
7.3g.
15.0mm x 12.5mm.
VF.
Sold.
Gun pou type : that is, many Chinese character inscriptions of Ho.

Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp