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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 2493183, member: 74799&quot;]What a great post, especially when I just saw &quot;The Last Samurai&quot; on cable this weekend.&nbsp; I got a box full of Japanese cash coins that I have yet to photograph, attribute, and upload which I doubt I will ever come around to <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Here are a few of them of the &quot;round&quot; types.&nbsp; I&#039;ll post the bars once I finish attributing them...:</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Imperial Japan: Keio (1865-1868) AE 50 Mon, Hosogaya Mint (Hartill-7.4; Munro pg. 222, Figure 13T) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: 富国強兵 (<i>Fukoku Ryohei; Enrich the Country and Strengthen the Military</i>)</p><p>Rev: Tiger around central hole</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Hartill-7_4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>According to Munro, this particular coin was cast around 1867 from the bronze cannon that Daimyo Mito (the local feudal lord) had made out of temple bells to repel western barbarians. It was cast to pay the workers at the financially troubled copper coin mint in Mito (present day Ibaraki-ken)</p><p><br /></p><p><u><i>References</i></u></p><p><a href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001597201" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001597201" rel="nofollow">Munro, Neil G., <i>Coins of Japan</i>, Box of Curios ,1904</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Imperial Japan: Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868) AE 4 mon (Hartill-5.17; JNDA-2) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: 文久永寳 (<i>Bun Kyu ei ho</i>); cast 1863-1868</p><p>Rev: 11 waves with broad rim around hole</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/JNDA-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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