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1 Mon 'Eirakutsūhō' Hammered gold, Reverse Omodaka
| Issuer | Japan |
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| Year | 1587 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
| Obverse lettering | 永 寶 通 楽 (Translation: Eiraku Currency) |
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The Eirakutsūhō mon — its name borrowed directly from the Chinese Yongle-era cash coin that flooded Japanese markets from the 15th century onward — was struck under Toyotomi Hideyoshi's direct orders as he consolidated power following Nobunaga's assassination. Hideyoshi's gold coinage program was as much a political instrument as an economic one: controlling gold output from the Sado and Tamba mines meant controlling the daimyō who depended on it.
The omodaka (arrowhead plant) reverse is specific to a recognized sub-type within this series, distinguishing it from the plain reverse issues struck contemporaneously at Kyoto.