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1 Mon 'Hakodate-tsūhō' Bosen, round hole

Issuer Hakodate Magistrate's Office (箱館奉行)
Year 1856
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Value 1 Mon
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Obverse script Chinese (Kanji)
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Reverse description Plain flat field with a large circular central perforation, bearing a single Chinese character 安 (An, abbreviation for the Ansei era) positioned above the central hole. The character is rendered in bold relief in a brushwork-influenced clerical script, consistent with the casting style of the obverse. The field is otherwise unadorned, enclosed within a plain raised rim.
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Mintage 1856: ND (1856)
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