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RYUKYUS: Sho Tai, 1848-1879, AE 100 mon (17.03g), Isinohama mint. VF-EF

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RYUKYUS: Sho Tai, 1848-1879, AE 100 mon (17.03g), Isinohama mint. VF-EF
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RYUKYUS: Sho Tai, 1848-1879, AE 100 mon (17.03g), Isinohama mint, H-6.27, JNDA-138.1, small characters, cast 1862-63, VF-EF. The 100 mon Ryukyu Tsuho coin was an oval-shaped coin modeled after the Japanese Tenpo Tsuho coin of the same denomination. Like the Tenpo Tsuho, its face value was placed at 100 mon, but its weight was merely 6 to 7 times that of a 1 mon coin. Despite this, Satsuma Domain ordered that it would circulate at the value of 124 mon, which made it a profitable coin to manufacture, but this made the coin unpopular in circulation.