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1 Mon 'Eirakutsūhō' Copper alloy
| Issuer | Japan |
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| Year | 1587-1608 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole framed by a raised square rim, around which four large Chinese characters are disposed in cruciform arrangement reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left: 永 (top), 通 (right), 樂 (bottom), 寶 (left), forming the legend 永樂通寶 (Yongle Tongbao, 'Currency of Yongle'). The characters are rendered in regular script (kaisho) and stand in bold relief against a flat field. The coin is encircled by a plain outer rim, and the overall design follows the classic cast-cash format introduced during the Chinese Ming dynasty and widely reproduced in Japan during the Sengoku and early Edo periods. |
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| Obverse lettering | 永 寶 通 樂 (Translation: Currency of Yongle) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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