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4 Mon 'Bunkyūeihō' Bosen, tin alloy, cursive script, CHŪKAKU KETSURIN

Issuer Japan
Year 1863-1868
Type Coin pattern
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Obverse description Four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform reading order around the central square perforation, with the uppermost character (攵, representing 文) rendered in cursive script (草書, sōsho) style, distinguishing this as a variant issue. The legend reads 文久永寶 (Bunkyūeihō), translating as 'Eternal money of the Bunkyū Era,' with the characters 攵 (top), 久 (bottom), 永 (right), and 寶 (left) positioned in the four cardinal fields. The square central hole is framed by a raised border, and the coin surface displays the characteristic texture of a tin-alloy cast bosen (母銭, master coin).
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Obverse lettering  攵
寶 永
 久
(Translation: Eternal money of the Bunkyū Era)
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Edge Plain
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