Japan, Taisho Era Silver 50 Sen

The Cartwheel Silver Dollar was struck from 1878 until 1921. An interesting fact about this Silver Dollar which is known as a Morgan Dollar. Is that the engraver George Morgan was British. The coins are struck in .900 Fine Silver and while dates are of our choice all the coins are in at least Very Fine condition. As a little extra each Morgan Silver Dollar will come in an imprinted Snap-lock display case.

Biafra proclaimed independence from Nigeria in 1967. They issued some coins for everyday usage in aluminium and some coins in silver and gold for collectors. They struck a Pound coin, crownsized, in 1969 in 750 fine silver. But it was never used as the silver value made the coin to expensive. So, sometime later, a re-strike was made with the same design in silver plated metal rather than silver. You have the National arms on one side and a defiant eagle with scroll on the other side. We recently got in a group of the re-strike Biafra Pounds in brilliant uncirculated condition. The last time we bought one of the original silver issues we paid one hundred British pounds for it. So we think that our price on the re-strike at just £12.50 is good value for the money.

These 1 Mon cash coins from Japan were the first of a new type to be minted at Kameido, previously a town near Tokyo but now the name only refers to a district and a railway station within Tokyo. The coins themselves date from the Kanbun period between 1661 and 1673 and can be easily identified by the inscription on the reverse side just above the square hole. We have a limited number of these coins in Very Fine condition.