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1 Mon 'Kōbu Tsūhō' Kajiki-sen
| Issuer | Feudal Japan (Private Mints) |
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| Year | 1573-1688 |
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| Weight | 2.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash-type coin with a central square hole framed by a raised rim. Four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform order around the central perforation read clockwise from the top: 洪 (top), 通 (right), 寳 (left), and 武 (bottom), together forming the legend 洪武通寳 (Hóngwǔ Tōngbǎo), meaning 'Currency of the Hongwu era, first emperor of the Ming Dynasty.' The characters are rendered in regular script (kaishu) in raised relief against a flat field, with a raised outer rim encircling the design. This obverse is a Japanese private-mint imitation of the authentic Chinese Ming Dynasty Hongwu coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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| Mintage | ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.50; 加 right from hole - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.51; two dot 通; two dot 治 on top of hole - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.52; two dot 通; two dot 治, wide and thin, on top of hole - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.53; two dot 通; three dot 治 on top of hole - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.54; two dot 通; two dot 治 on top of hole; 正 of 武 looks like 山 - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.55; two dot 通; one dot 治 in running script on top of hole - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.56; one dot 通; two dot 治 on top of hole - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.57; one dot 通; two dot 治 in running script on top of hole - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.58; one dot 通; tree dot 治 on top of hole - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.59; one dot 通; one dot 治 on top of hole - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.60; one dot 通; one dot 治 on top of hole; 缶 in 寳 - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.61; one dot 通; two dot 治 on top of hole; 正 of 武 looks like 土 - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.62; one dot 通; one dot 治 on top of hole; 正 of 武 looks like 土 - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.65; 木 on top of hole in regular script - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.66; 木 on top of hole in grass script - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.67; 木 on top of hole in grass script, small characters - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.68; 福 `Fuko` under hole, imitating Chinese coin from Fujian mint - ND (1573-1688) - DHJ# 3.69; small coin with blank reverse - |
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