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Japanese Silver Coin from Akita (9 Monme 2 Bu) (about 160 years ago)

$1,800.00 $2,000.00
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This is a silver coin from the Akita domain in late feudal Japan, minted during a period when Japan was beginning to transition from isolation to engagement with the Western world.

Coin Description:

  • Front side: Likely features the local Akita domain insignia or denomination markings

  • Back side: Probably depicts regional designs or value indicators

Technical Details:

  • Silver composition

  • 9 Monme 2 Bu denomination (local Akita currency standard)

  • JDNA reference number 09-71, KM-12 catalog number

  • Certified by PCGS with exceptional MS 61 grade (Mint State)

  • Minted in 1863

Historical Significance: This coin was produced in the Akita domain during the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, just before the Meiji Restoration that would modernize Japan. The 1860s were a tumultuous period when Japan was reluctantly ending its centuries-long isolation policy and beginning to engage with Western powers. Local domains like Akita still maintained the right to mint their own currencies, a practice that would end with national unification under the Meiji government. These regional coins represent the complex monetary system of feudal Japan before standardization.

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This is a silver coin from the Akita domain in late feudal Japan, minted during a period when Japan was beginning to transition from isolation to engagement with the Western world.

Coin Description:

  • Front side: Likely features the local Akita domain insignia or denomination markings

  • Back side: Probably depicts regional designs or value indicators

Technical Details:

  • Silver composition

  • 9 Monme 2 Bu denomination (local Akita currency standard)

  • JDNA reference number 09-71, KM-12 catalog number

  • Certified by PCGS with exceptional MS 61 grade (Mint State)

  • Minted in 1863

Historical Significance: This coin was produced in the Akita domain during the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, just before the Meiji Restoration that would modernize Japan. The 1860s were a tumultuous period when Japan was reluctantly ending its centuries-long isolation policy and beginning to engage with Western powers. Local domains like Akita still maintained the right to mint their own currencies, a practice that would end with national unification under the Meiji government. These regional coins represent the complex monetary system of feudal Japan before standardization.

This is a silver coin from the Akita domain in late feudal Japan, minted during a period when Japan was beginning to transition from isolation to engagement with the Western world.

Coin Description:

  • Front side: Likely features the local Akita domain insignia or denomination markings

  • Back side: Probably depicts regional designs or value indicators

Technical Details:

  • Silver composition

  • 9 Monme 2 Bu denomination (local Akita currency standard)

  • JDNA reference number 09-71, KM-12 catalog number

  • Certified by PCGS with exceptional MS 61 grade (Mint State)

  • Minted in 1863

Historical Significance: This coin was produced in the Akita domain during the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, just before the Meiji Restoration that would modernize Japan. The 1860s were a tumultuous period when Japan was reluctantly ending its centuries-long isolation policy and beginning to engage with Western powers. Local domains like Akita still maintained the right to mint their own currencies, a practice that would end with national unification under the Meiji government. These regional coins represent the complex monetary system of feudal Japan before standardization.

Momme (匁, monme) is both a Japanese unit of mass and former unit of currency. As a measurement, Momme is part of a table of Japanese units where during the Edo period it was equal to 1⁄10 ryō (aka Tael). Since the Meiji era 1 momme has been reformed to equal exactly 3.75 grams in SI units.[2] The latter term for Momme refers to when it was used as a unit of currency during the Edo period in the form of silver coins.[2][3] As a term, the word "Momme" and its symbol "匁" are unique to Japan.[2][4] The Chinese equivalent to Momme is qián (Chinese: 錢), which is also a generic word for "money".[2][5] While the term Momme is no longer used for currency, it survives as a standard unit of measure used by pearl dealers to communicate with pearl producers and wholesalers.[6]

The Japanese word Momme first appeared in a family book by the Ōuchi clan during the Bunmei era in 1484.[7][8] In the English language the word first appears in the early 1700s per the Oxford English Dictionary, which first traces its usage to Johann Jakob Scheuchzer in 1727.[9]

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