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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2776314, member: 75799&quot;]An unusual coinage. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ouchi clan trial coin. Tokugawa Akitake. Bunkyu period 1861-1863. Obv: 大内家系 （Ouchi Kakei). Rev: 存是货术（Son zeka jutsu). Zeno: 180220。 Although referred to in Zeno as Oura, the name in Kanji is actually Ouchi, another notable Japanese clan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlisted in Early Japanese Coins by Hartill and Munro. These were trial strikes issued by the Ouchi clan, one of the powerful Japanese clans that was dominant since the Ashikaga Shogunate. Apparently one of the Gonsake 三家 or 3 houses of the ruling Tokugawa family at the Mito-han. It bears an interesting double holed design. Unfortunately the design and trial strikes were not approved by the government for circulation. Extremely rare.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]641334[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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