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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 759091, member: 17118&quot;]Relying on my knowledge of Chinese, I believe the Japanese translation would be as follows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Starting from the left, the first two <i>Kanji</i> (Chinese characters) are read as <i>Kaei</i> which represents the year 1848 of the Edo period (1603-1867).</p><p><br /></p><p>The third through fifth <i>Kanji</i> represent the denomination silver <i>Isshugin</i> which means &quot;one <i>shu</i> of silver&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I do not collect Japanese coins I cannot explain why the text states the year as 1848 while other posts in this thread state a later period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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