Ten pou one bu silver : Ten pou ichi bu gin.
Production era : AD 1837-1854.
Production place : Kakigarachou, Edo (Tokyo).
Shogun : Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Tokugawa Iesada.
There are cherry blossoms on the edge of obverse and reverse. One cherry
blossom of each surface is upside-down. The location of this upside-down
blossom decides the minute type of this coin.
Minute type of this coin : Ts.
There are stamps on each side.
"Ten pou"is name of years when this type of coin was made for
the first time.
Obverse : Chinese character inscription : Ichi bu gin.
From observer's point of view, from up to down, Ichi (= one), bu (= a Japanese
old unit of currency), gin (= silver).
Reverse : up : a hallmark : Tei or Sadame (= decision).
Reverse : down : Chinese character inscription : Gin za, Jyo ze.
From observer's point of view, right up : Gin (= silver), right down :
za (= mint), left up : Jyo, left down : ze. "Jyo ze" is name
of the director of the mint of silver coins.
Quality : Silver 991 / the others 9.
8.7g.
23.2mm x 16.2mm.
EF.
Sold.
Explanation is the same as above. But,
Minute type of this coin : Ps.
8.7g.
24.0mm x 16.0mm.
VF.
Sold.
Explanation is the same as above. But,
Minute type of this coin : Pt.
8.7g.
24.0mm x 15.7mm.
VF.
Sold.
Explanation is the same as above. But,
Minute type of this coin : Zq.
8.8g.
24.9mm x 16.0mm.
VF.
Sold.
Black patina.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp