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1868, Japan, Meiji Emperor. Nice GOld Ni Bu Coin. Gold Bar Money. 2.79gm! Mint Year: 1868-69 Denomination: Ni Bu (2 Bu) Reference: Cr-21d, Friedberg 21. Condition: Damaged (reduced by size and weight by grinding, the regular weight would be 3gm!) Diameter: 19mm (height) Material: Gold (.570) Weight: 2.79gm For your consideation an unuaual japanese gold bar money coin, issued by the Meiji Emperor during 1868-69. This was the last type of such old-fashioned coins issued. After 1969 the minting of such coins was dismissed and Japan began to strike the round machine struck coins, just like we know them today. A decent specimen of this interesting coin type and a nice addition! The Meiji Emperor (Meiji-tenno) (3 November 1852 — 30 July 1912) or Meiji the Great was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 3 February 1867 until his death. Like all his predecessors, since his death he has been referred to by a posthumous name. Upon his death a new tradition of giving the late emperor the name of the era coinciding with his reign was established. Having ruled during the Meiji era (Enlightened rule), he is now known as Emperor Meiji. As this is not a personal name, more accurately he should be referred to as "the Meiji emperor". His personal name was Mutsuhito, and although outside of Japan he is sometimes called by this name or Emperor Mutsuhito, in Japan emperors are referred to only by their posthumous names. Use of an emperor's personal name would be considered too familiar, or even blasphemous. At the time of his birth in 1852, Japan was an isolated, pre-industrial, feudal country dominated by the Tokugawa Shogunate and the daimyo, who ruled over the country's more than 250 decentralized domains. By the time of his death in 1912, Japan had undergone a political, social, and industrial revolution at home (See Meiji Restoration) and emerged as one of the great powers on the world stage. A detailed account of the State Funeral in the New York Times concluded with an observation: "The contrast between that which preceded the funeral car and that which followed it was striking indeed. Before it went old Japan; after it came new Japan."
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