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Auction 37  11-14 Jun 2020
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Lot 3535

Starting price: 25 USD
Price realized: 70 USD
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Bankoku Kahei Kyokai, Coin Book Commemorating the Emperor's Silver Wedding (Ginkon hoshuku kinencho), Kobe, Taisho year 14 (1925), 86 pages, softcover, with koki toji (noble) binding. With rubbings of very rare Chinese, Japanese and World coins. Lovely binding with phoenixes on the cover and back, ex. H. F. Bowker Numismatic Library. Howard Franklin Bowker (1889-1970) was a numismatist and philatelist, collecting and specializing in Chinese coins, stamps and banknotes. He created the first bibliography of Western language publications on East Asian numismatics. Nakamura Fusetsu (1866-1943) was a Japanese painter in the yoga style. He was also known as a calligrapher. Kokotei is another name for Nakamura Fusetsu.

Estimate: 30-50 USD
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