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This
rectangular gold 2 Shu (Nishu Gin) was one of the last gold coins
issued by the once powerful Shoguns of Japan. The undated
coins
was minted from 1860 to 1869. In 1868 the Meiji Restoration
overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate and restored political power to the
Emperor. The coin is approximately 6.5 mm x 11.5mm struck in an alloy
of
23% gold, 77% silver. This historical coin is one of the
least
expensive gold coins available to collectors.
This rectangular gold 2 Bu (Ni Bu)
was minted in Japan from 1867 to 1869. It was one of the first coins of
the Meiji Restoration. The Meiji Restoration overthew the highly
traditional and once powerful Shogun warlords and restored the Emperor
as the center of the Japanese government. The Meiji
restoration was also a modernization movement, that opened Japan to
western ideas. A few years after this coin was introduced, Japan
adopted western style round coins, so these coins were soon withdrawn
from circulation and many were melted. The coin
weighs approximately 3 grams and is struck in .223 fine
gold. It is an interesting and historic gold coin
that represents the end of Japan's traditional ways under the Shoguns
and the introduction of new ways under the Meiji Restoration.
This
tiny gold Fannam was struck for Rajaram of the Marathas of Gingee
between 1690 and 1698. Gingee is a massive fort complex in
south-eastern India. It is built on three small hills
connected
by over 8 miles (13km.) of walls encompassing over 4 square miles (11
km2) and is protected by an 80 foot (24m) wide moat. In 1677
it
was captured by Shivaji Bhonsle, the founder of the Maratha Empire. In
1690 his son Rajaram ascended to the throne. The "impregnable" fort was
captured by the Mughals in 1698. The gold coin is
approximately
6.5mm in diameter. One side has a clear but crude design
representing Kali, the goddess of death, destruction and
disease.
The other side has weak, degraded or no legends. It is a
small,
but affordable historic gold coin.
This
tiny gold Dam (1/128 gold Mohar) of Nepal was issued by King
Surendra between 1847 and 1881. The coin is approximately 7mm
in diameter. The coin is so thin that the reverse is the incuse
impression of the obverse. Surendra became king at age 18 in
1847 when the Prime Minister, Jung Bahadur Rana, forced his father to
abdicate. King Surendra had virtually no power. He
was kept a prisoner in his palace by the Prime Minister who controlled
who he could see and what he could read. The Prime Minister
had his eldest son at age eight marry the eldest daughter of the king
who was six years old. He then had his second son marry the
second daughter of the king, and had the king’s oldest son marry three
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