Thought these showed an interesting transitional period in Japanese coinage. When the mon currency was abandoned, the old currency still circulated for a while at a discounted rate, at about 1 mon = 1 or 1/2 rin. Silver was still worth metal value or more. From L: Bunkyueiho 4 mon with "ho" as 寶 and 宝 (simplified) 1863-68 100 mon Tempotsuhou 1835-70 Tempo Ichubu Gin (rectangular) 1835-70 Mammeita Gin (bean-shaped) 1710-14? Meiji Era coins from L top 1 Yen year 20 = 1887 50 sen year 40 = 1907 20 sen year 3 = 1870 10 sen year 25 = 1892 5 sen year 6 = 1873 2 sen year 15 = 1882 1 sen year 15 = 1882 1/2 sen year 10 = 1877 1 rin year 16 = 1883
One of these days I would like to make a similar set to this. All I have is this panoramic of various Pre-Meiji pieces alongside a round one. I need to update it.
This was my first set of Japanese Meiji silver: If I recall correctly, it was 12,000yen (about $110 USD / 93 EUR), which I thought was pretty good. Two from year 28 (1895) and two from year 32 (1899)
