Tenpo Tsuho from Japan

Armitage · Mar 19, 2018

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

Professor of Engineering · Mar 19, 2018

Interesting old coin! :occasion14:

Thank you for sharing!

Kurios1 · Mar 19, 2018

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

Armitage · Mar 19, 2018

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 · Mar 20, 2018

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

SittingElf · Mar 20, 2018

Omedeto gozaimasu! Nice find! Sugoi desu ne!

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

Armitage · Mar 20, 2018

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

SittingElf · Mar 20, 2018

Armitage said:
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!