By Jeremy Bostwick – Senior Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack’s Bowers …… Within the incredible Pinnacle Collection, a featured cabinet in the Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio April 2021 Hong Kong auction, a group of massive gold Obans and Kobans certainly stands out. Quite large in size, these fit within the aspect of “odd and curious” money, […]
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By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. As an avid numismatist, I tend to be attracted to coins that tell a story. While I of course appreciate the sheer elegance and beauty many coins display, I also seek out individual pieces that bear witness to history. For this article, I used the same criteria for selecting […]
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By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. As an avid numismatist, I tend to be attracted to coins that tell a story. While I of course appreciate the sheer elegance and beauty many coins display, I also seek out individual pieces that bear witness to history. For this article, I used the same criteria for […]
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By Lianna Spurrier for CoinWeek ….. Information about early Japanese coinage can be difficult to find. It’s not a highly studied area among American numismatists, but some of the coinage is very unique and raises many questions. Take bar money, for example. Mainly minted in the 1800s, these thick and sharply cornered rectangular coins are […]
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In the early 1600s, Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu sought a monetary system that would reduce Japan’s dependence on Chinese coins. The resulting “Tokugawa coinage” was struck in silver, bronze, and gold; the largest denomination (predating Tokugawa’s system by more than a decade) was the large oval Ōban, followed by the gold oval Koban and several smaller denominations in silver, gold, and bronze