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🔥 REAL SAMURAI-ERA SILVER! 🔥 A fantastic piece of Japanese monetary history from the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate. 🇯🇵 Japan Ansei Ichibugin – 1 Bu Silver 📅 1859–1868 ⚔️ Late Edo / Samurai Era 🥈 .873 Silver ⚖️ Approx. 8.6 grams 📏 Rectangular hammered silver coinage 🏆 GBCA Certified AU58 The denomination 一分銀 translates to “One Bu Silver.” These distinctive rectangular coins circulated during one of the most important periods in Japanese history, immediately before the Meiji Restoration transformed Japan in 1868. Features the traditional Japanese sakura/cherry blossom border surrounding the inscriptions. A really cool crossover piece for collectors of: • Japanese coins • Samurai/Edo-period history • World silver • Odd-shaped money • Certified world coins Exact coin and GBCA holder pictured. Natural toning and surfaces consistent with the assigned AU58 grade.