日本十圆银样币。政府造币厂。JAPAN. Silver 10 Yen Pattern, ND. Bureau Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-62 Gold Shield. 日本十圆银样币。政府造币厂。饶有趣味的一枚无面值银样币，银坯打模。正面三字造币局，背面三朵桐花与正面的三字佈局相同，水平反转后前后图案的方向一致。引人入胜的是，我们可找到六枚同款，均是以黄铜或铜铸，中央铸有呈如"A"、"K"或"S"的英字 ，但此枚的中央英字则从缺。且反面有出厂时所留下的锉痕，可能是调整重量所致，而其他同款因为铸打时使用的金属量较低，并无此痕。风格独特的一枚，适合对日本样币铸造学术研究有兴趣的藏家。<p>JAPAN. Silver 10 Yen Pattern, ND. Bureau Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-62 Gold Shield.KM-Unlisted; JNDA-Unlisted; Bank of Japan-Unlisted; ANS-Unlisted; BM-Unlisted; Hartill-Unlisted; JV-Unlisted. 20.5 mm. A fascinating issue without denomination struck on a silver planchet. The obverse exhibits three characters "Zō hei kyoku" indicating "Monetary Bureau", with three Paulownia flowers in identical formation to the obverse on the reverse indicating coin alignment. It is interesting to note that we were able to locate a six different examples, all from Japanese auctions struck in brass or copper, from this series all containing a central letter "A", "K" or "S", but none that were missing the central letter altogether such as the present example. It also appears that the present piece exhibits a mint made file mark on the reverse, perhaps as a weight adjustment that none of the others display which were struck in lesser metals. This highly interesting issue is perfect for the academic collector wishing to scour Japanese mint records in search of answers for this enigmatic issuance.
