JAPAN, Edo Period. Keicho Era. 1601-1695. AV Koban (38x71mm, 17.73 g, 12h). Edo (Tokoyo), Kyoto, or Suruga mint. Kiecho Koban Kin in Hanji within rectangular panel over Mitsutsugu in Hanji within rectangular panel; paulownia flowers above and below / Three official stamps. Hartill, Japanese 8.15; JNDA 09-13; Friedberg 9. In PCGS encapsulation 41059927, graded MS 62. Free of the usual chopmarks that commonly plague this series. Ex Pinnacle Collection (Stack's Bowers Galleries, 5 April 2021), lot 50027 (hammer $13500).
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