Tenpo Tsuho from Japan

[Armitage]

Hey,

Was on my way to a promising side, and saw some old walls in the forest. There was a lot of trash and between the trash this thing here popped out.
Its still in a pretty good condition.

19 gram and feels heavy.

Here is a explanation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenpō_Tsūhō

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Interesting old coin!

Thank you for sharing!

 

[Kurios1]

Very cool old Japanese coin and history on it. I love finding foreign coins and the older the better. Nice!

 

[Armitage]

Thanks, I live in Japan so this coin is a native one.

Btw, the Japanese even made a silver trade dollar.
Would like to find that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dollar

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find Armitage (and appreciate the link to describe the coin!). Thanks for sharing...

 

[SittingElf]

Omedeto gozaimasu! Nice find! Sugoi desu ne!

(Me...15 cumulative years in Nippon, off and on from the time I was a kid.)

 

[Armitage]

U ever found a Koban or something like a ichibukin (一分金). I cant find this!!!!!

 

[SittingElf]

U ever found a Koban or something like a ichibukin (一分金). I cant find this!!!!!

No, but to be fair, I never MD'd in Japan...though I will if we go back yet again.

I would like to take an Equinox 800 to Sadoshima and hunt nuggets and do some panning. It's the only place in Japan where gold was ever discovered in any quantity.

Yuroshuku!

 

[Armitage]

Well, at the moment i would like to find some Koban, so i am checking old castles or around the houses of the nobles.

よろしくお願いします。

 

[CRUSADER]

They are big - Congrats!

I had a bust half & years later got the of piece as well.

 

[Roundness]

Cool Coin... Congrats

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, wow nice coin find I have never seen a coin like that before. Congrats

 

[suntannedgem]

Nice find, very nice reporting and documentation. Congratulations!

 

[BavariaJeff]

Awesome find. I lived in Asia (Korea and Japan) for 23 years but never found one. However I found a tempo tsuho coin in England in 2012

 

[Lanny in AB]

Unique find!

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny