Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
April 2021 Hong Kong Auction 5-8 Apr 2021
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JAPAN. Akita. 4 Momme 6 Bu, ND (1863). PCGS AU-53 Gold Shield.
KM-10; JNDA-09-72. Weight: 17.15 gms. Value in four characters vertically at center of thin silver bar with rounded ends. Four circular stamps each side with an additional character stamped near top of obverse, bottom of reverse. A well stamped piece with deep gray toning and pleasing dark rainbow hues in the recessed obverse lettering.
KM-10; JNDA-09-72. Weight: 17.15 gms. Value in four characters vertically at center of thin silver bar with rounded ends. Four circular stamps each side with an additional character stamped near top of obverse, bottom of reverse. A well stamped piece with deep gray toning and pleasing dark rainbow hues in the recessed obverse lettering.
An interesting fact about the Akita and Morioka province issues is that the denomination stamps are applied with a gang punch rather than individual punches. This is the reason that so many of these have uneven or cockeyed denominations and parts that are weak or sometimes missing altogether.
Estimate: $500.00- $700.00