1 Bu "Ansei Ichibugin" Kōmei (1846-1867)
1859-1868 Ginza, Edo, modern-day Tokyo, Japan. Mintage 11,398,600 Silver (.873), 8.83 g
Obv: 3 vertical kanji in rectangle surrounded by 20 sakuras (cherry blosoms) one of them inverted
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
一
分
銀
Translation: 1 Bu Silver
Rev: Incuse stamp 定 (= Jo) over 4 kanji in rectangle surrounded by 20 sakuras (cherry blosoms) one of them inverted.
Bottom left 2 strokes of 是 don't cross.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
定
常銀
是㘴
Translation:
Guaranteed
Ginza (Silver Mint)
Jōze (Mint Official)
AU
C# 16aWilliam D. Craig. Coins of the World. Racine, Wisconsin, United States (2 volumes)., JNDA# 09-52, DHJ# 9.82, JC# 04-7
1 Bu "Ansei Ichibugin" Kōmei (1846-1867)
1859-1868 Ginza, Edo, modern-day Tokyo, Japan. Mintage 11,398,600 Silver (.873), 8.83 g
Obv: 3 vertical kanji in rectangle surrounded by 20 sakuras (cherry blosoms) one of them inverted
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
一
分
銀
Translation: 1 Bu Silver
Rev: Incuse stamp 定 (= Jo) over 4 kanji in rectangle surrounded by 20 sakuras (cherry blosoms) one of them inverted.
Bottom left 2 strokes of 是 don't cross.
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
定
常銀
是㘴
Translation:
Guaranteed
Ginza (Silver Mint)
Jōze (Mint Official)
AU
C# 16aWilliam D. Craig. Coins of the World. Racine, Wisconsin, United States (2 volumes)., JNDA# 09-52, DHJ# 9.82, JC# 04-7