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1 Mon 'Shōseigenpō' Seal Script

Issuer Nagasaki, City of
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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