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| Issuer | Japan |
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| Year | 907-957 |
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| Currency | Mon (683-1953) |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash-type coin featuring four Chinese characters arranged in the traditional clockwise reading order around a central square perforation. The legend 延喜通寳 (Engi Tsūhō) is distributed one character per cardinal position — 延 (top), 喜 (right), 通 (bottom), 寳 (left) — separated by the raised rims of the square central hole. The characters are rendered in regular script (kaisho) style and are contained within a broad, flat annular field bounded by a slightly raised outer rim. The surface exhibits characteristic casting texture consistent with early Heian-period Japanese mint production. |
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| Obverse lettering | 延 寳 喜 通 (Translation: Current treasure of the Engi era (read clockwise)) |
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| Mintage | ND (907-957) - DHJ# 1.65; large characters - ND (907-957) - DHJ# 1.66; out of lead - ND (907-957) - DHJ# 1.67; small characters and size, 廴 and 正 radicals don`t touch - |
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