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<p>[QUOTE="Loong Siew, post: 2773048, member: 75799"]Thank you. You must have been referring to the following 1600s wave coin</p><p>[ATTACH=full]639904[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The above coin is a common Tokugawa cash coin that is circulated en masse during the Tokugawa Shogunate which lasted up to the late 19th century. As for the twelve antique coins, I doubt the Coin Atlas has records of them. My suggested references are Hartill and Munro as they cover Japanese coinage right up to antiquity. The gold pieces you are referring to are what we call the Oban 大判 and koban 小判。The Obans are the larger gold pieces with ink whilst the Kobans are smaller without. I have 2 Kobans which I previously posted in the past it reattaching here for reference. The Obans are way outside of my budget although like yourself I find them extremely fascinating as well. They also have the silver disc coins called ginban as well but those are not central official issues but provincial issues.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]639907[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]639908[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Loong Siew, post: 2773048, member: 75799"]Thank you. You must have been referring to the following 1600s wave coin [ATTACH=full]639904[/ATTACH] The above coin is a common Tokugawa cash coin that is circulated en masse during the Tokugawa Shogunate which lasted up to the late 19th century. As for the twelve antique coins, I doubt the Coin Atlas has records of them. My suggested references are Hartill and Munro as they cover Japanese coinage right up to antiquity. The gold pieces you are referring to are what we call the Oban 大判 and koban 小判。The Obans are the larger gold pieces with ink whilst the Kobans are smaller without. I have 2 Kobans which I previously posted in the past it reattaching here for reference. The Obans are way outside of my budget although like yourself I find them extremely fascinating as well. They also have the silver disc coins called ginban as well but those are not central official issues but provincial issues. [ATTACH=full]639907[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]639908[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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