339, Lot: 644. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JAPAN, Provincial coinage. Akita. Æ 100 Mon (48x53mm, 45.71 g). Long tail variety. Akita mint in Dewa province. Cast 1863-1866. The Eight Trigrams (divination symbols used in conjunction with the Yi Jing) / Male and female phoenix; kyu countermarks on edge. Hartill, Japanese 7.3; JNDA 10; BMC Japanese 1277; KM 6.2. Good VF, brown patina.

From the HLT Collection.