Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 2 bu ban kin coin
- Japan, 1856
- Obverse Image: Kiri crests top and bottom, in the center the value.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: NI / BU (Translation: Two bu).
- Reverse Image: Characters for the Mint Official and his signature
- Reverse Text: Romanization: MITSU / TSUGU (Translation: Shozaburo Mitsutsugu)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1856
- Physical Description
- gold (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 mm x 12.5 mm x 1.3 mm; 25/32 in x 1/2 in x 1/16 in
- Object Name
- coin
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