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1 Mon 'Kan'eitsūhō' new type, copper alloy, blank reverse
| Issuer | Tokugawa Shogunate |
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| Year | 1700-1738 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper alloy cash-type coin featuring a central square perforation flanked by four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion within a plain inner border and raised outer rim. Reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left in the traditional East Asian convention, the four Kanji characters 寛 (above), 通 (right), 寶 (left), and 永 (below) together form the legend 寛永通寶 (Kan'eitsūhō), signifying 'Currency of the Kan'ei Period.' The characters are rendered in a bold, slightly archaic script style typical of Tokugawa-period cast coinage, with details of individual stroke forms varying by mint and die variety. The flat field between the characters and the square hole is unadorned, and the broad raised rim frames the design with a clean, functional aesthetic characteristic of Japanese Edo-period mon coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 寛 寶 通 永 (Translation: Currency of Kan`ei Period.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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