JAPAN. Trade Dollar, Year 9 (1876). Osaka Mint. Mutsuhito (Meiji). NGC MS-62 Prooflike.
KM-Y-14; JNDA-01-12; JC-09-12-1. This exceptionally handsome instantiation of the Japanese Trade Dollar renders a wonderful prooflike nature with bright and reflective fields and icy frost on the devices. VERY RARE in a prooflike state, this example takes the trade issue to a new plateau of entrancing beauty. Some friction is observed in the fields, but that certainly does not detract from one of the most beautiful pieces from the Japanese series.
Estimate: $6000 - $9000