Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1321. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JAPAN, Provincial coinage. Akita. AR 9 Monme 2 Bu Ginban (34.39 g, 12h). Struck 1863. Large punchmarked characters indicating value (kyu monme ni bu); to upper right, punchmark character (kai) indicating legal revision; around, six crest (mon) punchmarks / Punchmark character; around, six official heraldic (mon) punchmarks. JNDA 09-71; Jacobs & Vermeule -; KM 12. VF, toned.

Ex Ponterio 133 (14 January 2005), lot 2309.