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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;unexpected.numismatist, post: 4224882, member: 100230&quot;]Apparently I found this thread before and forgot about it because I seem to have commented above, but I&#039;ve since done a lot of research and have a solid answer for the original question of Man&#039;en vs Meiji 2 bu. I went down a rabbit hole a little while back to figure it out, so here we go.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, to distinguish between Man&#039;en and Meiji, look at the bu character. (It&#039;s on the left of the side with the flowers) Now look at the top right stroke; if it&#039;s straight or curved downward, it&#039;s Meiji. If it&#039;s curved upwards, it&#039;s Man&#039;en.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, there are actually two styles of Man&#039;en 2 bu (which PCGS differentiates); Ansei style and Meiji style. For those, look at the top flower. Meiji style have a small V at the bottom center, and Ansei style don&#039;t. You can look at the top flower on a standard Meiji 2 bu and Ansei 2 bu to compare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, a note: Don&#039;t trust PCGS on these. A lot of the (very few) that have been graded are misattributed, including some on CoinFacts. If you want visuals, I&#039;m on Instagram with the same username ([USER=100230]@unexpected.numismatist[/USER]) and have a highlight called &quot;Bar Money&quot; - flip through that and you&#039;ll find a whole commentary from when I went searching.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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