Catalog
1 Mon 'Shōseigenpō' Seal Script
| Issuer | Nagasaki, City of |
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| Year | 1668-1685 |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse description | Four Chinese seal-script characters arranged symmetrically around the central square hole, one character positioned at each cardinal point. The four characters read clockwise: 紹 (top), 聖 (right), 元 (bottom), 寳 (left), forming the reign era legend 紹聖元寳 (Shōseigenpō). The characters are rendered in the archaic seal script style characteristic of Nagasaki trade coinage, cast in moderate relief within a plain raised rim. |
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| Reverse description | Completely plain and featureless reverse, bearing no inscription, decoration, or mint mark. A raised rim encircles the smooth, flat field, which surrounds the central square hole. The unadorned reverse is typical of Nagasaki cast copper mon coinage of the late seventeenth century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1668-1685) |
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