I am looking for information on this currency It seems to be a trial or pattern of bunkyu eiho Hartill 5.34 What do you think about ?
made between 1863 and 1864 but never put into general circulation
non magnetic
10.46 gr
33/34 mm
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Because it isn’t a regular coin, I really can't say for sure but when I look at the Hartill catalog the characters are too thick and I don't know why it should have been found in mud.
What's the provenance of this object where did you get it? Hartill says it's extremely rare so the chance that you stumble over it in some backwater bazaar is basically zero.
The fact that the seller has very few sells and than has item that go for many hundreds of dollars and all in private listings is not a good sign for me. In the descriptions is written that they are from a second hand source.
I can't proof tings but I would stay away.
1 - ???
2 - reads Sei Ko Tsu Ho - similar to Dahid Hartill Japan# 6.22 and David Hartill China# 25.59 but doesn't look like the catalog images
3 - reads Hako Date Tsu Ho - similar the DHJ# 6.6 - but they are small low quality iron coins and nothing that looks like yours
