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100 Mon 'Akita Namisen'
| Issuer | Kubota Domain |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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| Mintage | 1862: ND (1862) |
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Kubota Domain, the administrative seat of Akita han, issued these oversized copper pieces as emergency domain currency — hansatsu in metal rather than paper. The "Namisen" designation distinguishes them from the domain's earlier iron coinage, reflecting a deliberate shift in material policy during a period when the Tokugawa central government was losing its grip on monetary standardization across the han system. By the 1860s, dozens of domains were producing their own coinage with minimal Edo oversight.
DHJ#7.1 places this among the earlier die varieties of the 1862 emission. Kubota's issues were demonetized following the Meiji currency reforms of 1871.