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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2493115, member: 73473&quot;]These &quot;coins&quot; were struck in the waning days of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan.</p><p>The Shoguns ruled Japan from 1600 until 1868 when the Mejing restoration occurred that restored the Emperor of Japan to power.</p><p>Any help with the translation would be appreciated.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]527987[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b><b>OBVERSE – &quot;Ginza&quot; / &quot;Jouze&quot; ; Ginza is the foundry that makes silver coins; The tokugawa shogunate gave the right to make silver coins to &quot;daikoku jouze&quot;; Cherry blossoms stamped around the edge</b></b></font></p><p><b><font size="4"><b>REVERSE – &quot;ichibu gin&quot; with the casting date below; Cherry blossoms stamped around the edge</b></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><b>Weight-8.6 grams</b></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><b><b>Diameter-15 MM X 23 MM</b></b></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><b><b>AR Ichibu-Gin</b></b></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, AKA the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate </font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]527991[/ATTACH]</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">The Emperor Komei, who was for the most part a figurehead.</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]527992[/ATTACH] </font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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