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1 Mon 'Eirakutsūhō' Hammered gold, reverse Paulownia
| Issuer | Japan |
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| Year | 1587 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Round hammered gold flan with a central square hole. Four large Chinese characters in kaisho (block) script are arranged in cruciform fashion around the square perforation, reading clockwise from top: 永 (Ei), 通 (tsū), 樂 (raku), 寶 (hō), collectively forming the four-character legend 永樂通寶 (Eiraku Tsūhō, meaning 'Eiraku Currency'). The characters are boldly rendered in high relief, filling the broad flat field between the central aperture and the plain raised rim. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
| Obverse lettering | 永 寶 通 樂 (Translation: Eiraku Currency) |
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