MN-1

Everything continues, two shu seal gold : Man en ni shu ban kin.
That is : New two shu : Shin ni shu.
Man (= ten thousand or everything), en (= continue), ni (= two), shu (= an old Japanese monetary unit), ban (= seal), kin (= gold), Shin (= New).
Edo period (AD 1603-1867).
Meiji period (AD 1868-1912).
Production era : AD 1860-1869.
Production place : Kinza, Edo (Tokyo).
Obverse : up : a pattern of a paulownia.
Obverse : Chinese character inscription : from up to down : Ni shu. Ni (= two), shu (= 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 229 / Silver 771.
0.8g.
11.0mm x 6.9mm.
EF
Sold.


MN-2

Explanation is the same as above. But,
0.8g.
11.2mm x 6.5mm.
EF.
Sold.


MN-3

Explanation is the same as above. But,
0.8g.
11.0mm x 6.5mm.
EF.
Sold.



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