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Auction 38  24-27 Sep 2020
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Lot 1409

Starting price: 280 USD
Price realized: 350 USD
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JAPAN: Keio, 1865-1868, lead 200 mon (129.54g), Yonezawa, Dewa Province, H-6.37, atai ni hyaku (value two hundred) // sanju shi momme (thirty-four momme), VF, RR, ex Dr. Axel Wahlstedt Collection. These lead coins were minted in Yonezawa in Dewa Province, probably around 1866. At this time, the Samurai class found their occupation gone, and in many cases were in great distress. A society was formed under local government supervision to give them aid, and these coins were issued to them.

Estimate: 300-500 USD
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