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Off-Weight Electrum Meiji 2 Bu & Tenpo 2 Shu Question

Hope all of you are well! Just got in a bigger purchase of Japanese coins from a highly reputable Japanese dealer and wanted to get some thoughts before I embarrassed myself reaching out to them. I weighed out the coins they had sent and the vast majority were quite close to the published weights (e.g., Meiji Isshugin were ~1.80-2.00g, Man'en 2 Shu were ~0.74-0.77g, and the other Tenpo 2 Shu / Meiji 2 Bu were within ~0.03g or so), but had 5 coins of the group stand out and was hoping for some qualified thoughts.

Here are the weights when using my two scales:

Coin 1, Meiji 2 Bu: 3.06-3.09g

Coin 2, Meiji 2 Bu: 3.05-3.06g

Coin 3, Meiji 2 Bu: 2.82-2.84g

Coin 4, Meiji 2 Bu: 2.86-2.87g

Coin 5, Tenpo 2 Shu: 1.39g

For pictures 6/7, I kept them in left (coin 1 from picture 1) to right (coin 5 from picture 5) order. My thought is that the 1.39g is certainly a modern fake given that the style/look is off, but I'm less experienced with the 2 Bu. Pictures 8 and 9 are for fun... they show the rest of the (awesome!) order.

Help is very much appreciated... always looking to connect with people who have expertise... have been purchasing a fair amount of these types of coins and would be excited to connect with experts on Japanese.

Sincerely,

Christian Hartch (Treasure Town Coins)

u/treasuretownyt — 3 days ago
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[USA] Help Potentially Identifying Mexican & European Silver(?)

Curious for your input -- there are two items (with a third that came with the group) that a relative was looking for more insight regarding. I was able to find a "sterling" marker on the third, but took hopefully helpful photos:

  1. Photo of both items I'm interested in learning more about

  2. Obverse of the tavern scene plate

  3. Reverse of the tavern scene plate

  4. Tavern scene plate privies (looks like a lion passant, head of Minerva(?), and "P")

  5. Additional tavern scene plate privy

  6. Obverse of the "MEXICO" sombrero dish

  7. Obverse of the "MEXICO" sombrero dish

  8. Reverse of the "MEXICO" sombrero dish

  9. Obverse of the Aztec-style dish (that is silver, and came with the group)

  10. Reverse of the Aztec-style dish (that is silver, and came with the group)

Thanks in advance for any help! They will not be melted.

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Location: United States

Marks: Lion Passant, Head of Minerva(?), "P", Unknown, Unknown

u/treasuretownyt — 2 months ago