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Yoshida’s Classic Work on Japanese Coinage

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Yoshida’s Classic Work on Japanese Coinage
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Yoshida Kensuke. 大日本貨幣史 [DAI NIHON KAHEI SHI]. Tokyo: modern reprint of the revised edition. Eight volumes, complete. 8vo, original brown processed quarter leather, gilt; housed in printed cardboard slipcases, as issued. Approximately 4650 pages, with a long series of illustrations depicting the coining process from mining to the finished product and many hundreds of illustrations in the text depicting coins and paper currency. A couple of slipcases with cracks, else a fine set. A modern reprint of the revised (1925-26) edition of this classic work, originally published from 1838 to 1893. It records the history of Japanese coins and paper money as well as weights and measures and the prices of commodities. Still indispensable. Clain-Stefanelli 10471. Coole J-47.