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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 4541873, member: 81887&quot;][ATTACH=full]1124311[/ATTACH]</p><p>Japan, Nagasaki trade coinage. c.1668-1685.&nbsp; Gen Ho Tsu Ho. Hartill EJC 3.176.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although this coin copies the inscription of a Chinese coin from the Northern Song dynasty, it was actually made at Nagasaki, Japan c.1668-1685.&nbsp; Starting in 1641, Nagasaki was the only port in Japan allowed to trade with Vietnam.&nbsp; They petitioned for the right to cast their own coinage to facilitate this foreign trade, and it was eventually granted, but with the stipulation that the coins could not carry the same inscriptions as official Japanese coins.&nbsp; So, they copied old Chinese coins, which had circulated in Japan for centuries.&nbsp; This type is the most common, but other inscriptions exist.&nbsp; The Nagasaki copies can be distinguished by the different script style from the Chinese originals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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