Japanese coinage—gold, silver, copper & iron coins print—Dennys 1867
£50
SKU: P-8-007070
'Japanese coinage.'
A numismatic plate illustrating both faces of eight late-Tokugawa coin types, with English metal identifications: gold cobang; silver itziboo and quarter-itzib; copper tempo and cash; iron cash; and heavily alloyed gold neiboo and half-itziboo. Japan’s complex multi-metallic currency posed practical difficulties for foreign merchants and travellers. Mexican and other foreign dollars circulated in treaty settlements but became less useful beyond them; Dennys treated the itziboo as the everyday standard and recorded a three-boo piece introduced for transactions with foreigners. The opening to overseas trade exposed a severe mismatch between Japanese and international gold–silver values, prompting bullion movements, repeated recoinage and unstable exchange. This 1867 engraving appeared just after the 1866 tariff settlement reduced duties to five per cent, capturing the monetary pressures accompanying Japan’s opening. An exceptionally scarce plate: our research located no other separate dealer or auction record.
Size 21 x 14 cm | 8.0 x 5.5 inches
Date Published: 1867
Type: Antique woodblock numismatic plate
Author: Mayers, Dennys & King
Publication: The Treaty Ports of China and Japan
Condition: Good |
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