The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-12-20

MIR vALrE Or J4r4xEz Corys-Ths HJorIng statement
giving the result % the assay % JaIanese coins At the United
States branch mint established az Philadelphia, in presence Of
the japanese Ambassadors, may be q SINE interest 70 OCr
readers Just nov when attention : directed to japan The
Assay Was proposed by the Ambassadors, With a view q settling
the yexed question % eGrreucy, ard now that the exact cDmPS
stion % the standard coin i known, it > probable that the
relative value Of United states AMI japanese coin will be e5ta-
bHshed. and possibly, an inisrehany. ofthe TWO BE- allowed
TEE CorSs 80 JGpty-The coins are q gold, silver, brass,
copper ami ron Ih- principal sosi Son : ths sGeGHy, q
been made within the past sixty years This coin - q oval
silver, but The silver bciag taken out ofthe surface BY a solvent.
the coin books Ike fine goLi- until & has been a good deal worn.
This accounts for the very pale color II the first specimen, aud u
another, m which We have scratched of part 81 the surface to
No. / Is a eobane. supposed to b. about sixty years old. It
weighs 2OIi grains e is tSo-ihiris s5d, one-thiri silver %,
,s,s " i ssRsgss ~ r. ts eiss9a = Is : : 90 ''' me- is
No.2 eobang. eoinel within a few years past, weighs Ia
grains II IL 6ur-seyenths gold, and thre---vsnths silver, very
nearly the exact hneHess IA ,h0GsaHdths being 56s- The
EnSas-y Zoe assay Thy are exactly alike, except one sma1
thogsandths, shah - precisely tedrs.vrn;hs, and aPpeaE 70
Is e. 81 without the silver, q 81
Nos S and 8, two small rectangular coins, With a =nt surface,
weight Is 2si grains Their name and place in the series are
No. :, rectangular coin. is kalf the weigh, Of the eohang No. 2,
but py specific gravity contains little more than One-fourth
gOLi-th= remainder appears 20 be silver The piece. also. :
No !, also rectangular, called the gold it.eSH. IS One-"urth
the weight of Cobang No. 2 and Of the same hnenesss very
Nos. 3 and 10, are The new gOtl ttzebu. brought ~ he Em-
bassy for assay, ami are ons-burth % the eObang brought by
hem Value, SGT cents.
All the silver coins are rectangular, and rather thick
No II, an oil AGy f=vz silver, - one Of the several pieces
which we're given % an officer of the L. :. Exploring Expe1i-
lion, about the year $50, by some japanese sailors, who had
dnred far on; into the Pacific Ocean, and were picked mp and
taken care Of Aner~aris- BY the wreck Of one Our vessels, all
the CONS were ks, except this one II was our first specimen
Of Japanese coin The weight is IL grains, and, being near fine
silver, Is a little over IL cents
No II Is a silver itz-bu. coined some years since. weighing
1874 grains, sss TO go thOusandihs fne, and worth 1863 cents
Csom- specimens are fully 37l
No. Is seiehs 2sI grains, and appears also to be nearly fine
value about ; cents Name mot known
No "a. a new silver itzebu. brought by the Embassy. (cut for
assay L. weighs the same As the Old ifzebu, 1874 grains, but
- $50 thousanlths fine, which Is near our standard, Cs0OE
value, % - cents
These Iast-sfver itzebues-are probably the same coins Of
shich a large number we're left here in Honolulu by the Embassy
drrin- their Eisit.