Ex Garrett Collection

CNG 100, Lot: 866. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JAPAN, Provincial coinage. Koshu. Circa 1567-1736. AV Ichi Bu (15mm, 3.70 g, 12h). Shin Koshu Ichibu-kin. Issued by the Matsuki clan, 1582-1590. Paulownia flower and three Hanji characters / Two Hanji characters. Hartill, Japanese 8.69; JNDA 9-88; KM 94. VF, toned. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part II, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 22 (inherited from T. Harrison Garrett).