Got this in a recent estate sale lot. I’d greatly appreciate some translation help of the reverse. Thanks I’m advance. It appears to be made of silver.
no idea, image search is unhelpful. also tried drawing translate but I'm not good with a mouse. I tried.
It appears to be a Japanese amulet or tourist medallion. The obverse has the Kamakura Buddha statue. The reverse first two characters on the bottom are "Kamakura".
It looks to me like stylized Japanese, pre-simplification. Meant to look a bit like seal script perhaps. I believe the text is: 國寶 鎌倉大佛 in modern Japanese it would be: 国宝 鎌倉大仏 Kokuhou Kamakura Daibutsu = National Treasure, Great Kamakura Buddha I think the old-fashioned characters are a stylistic choice rather than an indication of antiquity.
Than you so much. I think you are right. It was not well taken care of and was loose with other low value items. Cheers
