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Okurasho Zoheikyoku (Bureau of the Mint), The Life-Story of Money (Kahei no oitachi), Osaka, Showa year 15 (1940), 152 pages, hardcover with slipcover. The story of money manufacture with lots of great drawing and photographs. Produced by the Ministry of Finance Mint, 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.

Estimate: 40-60 USD