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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sullykerry2, post: 3616177, member: 57121&quot;]Excellent write up and great pictures.&nbsp; If I recall the Japanese Shogunate had serious coin exchange problems following the initial opening of Japan to European and American traders.&nbsp; I believe this situation was reflected in the &quot;bu&quot; exchange rates with the Mexican minted silver pesos that also began to circulate at the time.&nbsp; Once the &quot;bakufu&quot; government was overthrown and the Imperial Court restored to power, the English mint was invited to send technicians to Osaka to establish a mint and stabilize a modern monetary system.&nbsp; Before then the non-Japanese traders were exchanging lower quality silver and gold for the &quot;richer&quot; Japanese coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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