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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1720553, member: 17919&quot;]The coins in the &quot;geisha girl&quot; holder are: silver 1-bu gin (minted 1859-1868); gold 2-shu bankin (minted 1832-1858); gold 2-bu bankin (minted 1868-69); silver 1-shu gin (minted 1853-65); and silver 1-shu gin (minted 1868-69). So the two coins minted in 1868-69 were sort of transitional pieces minted by the new Meiji government. Western-style coinage was adopted beginning in 1870.</p><p><br /></p><p>The total face value of the five coins in the holder is one ryo, which in those days was a considerable sum of money (I&#039;ve heard that one ryo might have been comparable to $1000 today).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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