2 bu or ni bu ban = ½ koban of the Empire of Japan of Emperor Ninko from the Bunsei era
Also known as: 2 bu of ni bu ban = ½ koban van het keizerrijk Japan van keizer Nin Kau uit het Bunsei tijdperk
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1818 - 1830
Gold rectangular coin. Obverse: two floral motifs facing each other, between which is the value designation: two, indicated by two horizontal lines. Reverse: within a rectangle, motifs placed one below the other.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4300; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements length 2.2 cm x width 1.2 cm x thickness 0.15 cm x weight 6.57 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- lengte 2,2 cm x breedte 1,2 cm x dikte 0,15 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 6,57 g length 2.2 cm x width 1.2 cm x thickness 0.15 cm x weight 6.57 g
- Measurements
- length 2.2 cm x width 1.2 cm x thickness 0.15 cm x weight 6.57 g
Design
- Obverse
- two floral motifs facing each other, between which is the value designation: two, indicated by two horizontal lines.
- Reverse
- within a rectangle, motifs placed one below the other.
Identification
- Original title
- 2 bu of ni bu ban = ½ koban van het keizerrijk Japan van keizer Nin Kau uit het Bunsei tijdperk
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-4300
- Museum classification
- coin · dubbele bu · halve koban
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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Research required
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