176) Mother / Seed Coin for Tenpo Tsuho Bakufu-sen

Mother coin of Tenpo Tsuho, for the circulation 100 mon C# 7v (1835-70), variety: Bakufu-sen (government) 幕府銭 casted Tenpo 6 -(1835 -) in Osaka; type 広郭. 22.1g, 49.5mm x 33mm, Thick: 2.5mm. No edge countermark. Metal: AE. Ex Jules Silvestre (French) Collection since 1881; gift from French Consulate in Yokohama, Japan, during Emperor Meiji era.

See Guide for attribution of Tenpo Tsuho (1835 – 1871), Compiled by Mr. Heinz Gratzer, Austria.

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