Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) shu kin coin
- Japan, 1824
- Obverse Image: Kiri crests top, denomination at the center.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: ICHI / SHU (Translation: One Shu )
- Reverse Image: Characters for the Mint Official and his signature.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: MITSU / TSUGU (Translation: For engraver Shozaburo Mitsutsugu).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1824
- Credit Line
- Japanese Government through Tanaka Fujimaro
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 mm x 11 mm x 1.5 mm; 7/16 in x 7/16 in x 1/16 in
- Object Name
- coin
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