Cool Silver 1859-68 Japanese 1 BU (Ichibu)

Here's a new (to me) 1859-68 Japanese 1 BU (Ichibu)

Any knowledge you'd care to share is most welcome!

 

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Are you saying that you bought something and don't know what it is?

 

Well, he obviously knows its a Japanese silver ichibu, struck 1859-1868. Other than that, he may be looking for a catalog number or some circulation info. Unfortunately, I can't say anything more. They'd be in Krause, but I doubt that'd tell you much more.

Here's my nibu, 1868-1869. Thought to be a contemporary counterfeit:

 

Interesting stuff guys. I am just glad the Meiji emperor, started minting modern coinage in 1870. Traci

 

These are heavily counterfeited. You might want to swipe a magnet over yours to see if it sticks. These are also not pure 999 silver, infact as time went along they contain less and less silver. Nice to have a novelty or conversation piece.

 

I think this thing is great!

I have Krause. I was hoping that someone knowledgeable would give me/us some background/insight.

Apparently the denomination is 1 BU. But BUs come in many flavors: Nishu Gin, Ichibu and Ni Bu at least. J

So, does anyone have knowledge to share, or web sites to recommend?

Thank you

 

Man-o-man Those Bu's would make a really neat belt buckle. Traci

 

Why do you think it's counterfiet Ardatirion? What's with the hole in it?

 

Just in case anybody is interested.....

Ichi = one
Ni = two
San = three
Yan = four
Go = five
Roku = six
Nana = seven
Hachi = eight
Ku = nine
Ju = ten
Ju-ichi
Ju-ni
etc
etc
etc

 

Silver Shu

This is my only rectangular coin from Japan.

 

Thanks for the counting lesson Collect89!

That's a nice Shu you have.

Is it an Isshu gin 1868-69?

 

I think I still have the Japanese writing which was on the original 2x2 when I bought it in Japan. It is in a drawer since the 1980s!

 

I'd love to see some HiRes pictures if you're bored.

That's also true for Ardatirion's gold/silver alloy BU! Do you have better pics?

Do you recall what you paid for it Collect89 ?

 

This text was on the original 2x2. Can anyone here translate it?

 

Here are some photos. I think it was something like $10 which was about 2,500 Yen at the time. It was my souvenir for that trip.

On a different Japan trip I purchased a watch. Sometime later, I found the exact same watch at a Caldor’s department store for about 1/2 the price. On one Japan trip we bought a Japanese doll which still decorates our house.

Very best regards,
collect89

 

Relying on my knowledge of Chinese, I believe the Japanese translation would be as follows.

Starting from the left, the first two Kanji (Chinese characters) are read as Kaei which represents the year 1848 of the Edo period (1603-1867).

The third through fifth Kanji represent the denomination silver Isshugin which means "one shu of silver".

Since I do not collect Japanese coins I cannot explain why the text states the year as 1848 while other posts in this thread state a later period.

Gary

 

I find these coins pretty interesting... I would like to have a couple...

Does anyone NGC, PCGS, etc.... Certifiy them???

 

$10 = 2,500 Yen! That was quite a while ago.

 

$10 = 2,500 Yen! That was quite a while ago.

 

OK, so what is it now???

**Edit** N/M, I figured if I took the time to reply to this, I could take th time to ht google and look it up...


http://coinmill.com/JPY_USD.html#USD=10

Accordig to this conversion site...

10=892 Yen

From 8500 to 892, Thats a Heck of a change....

If I did that right...