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Mameitagin 'Hōei Mitsuhō Mameitagin' Uniface Daikoku
| Issuer | Japan |
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| Year | 1710-1711 |
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| Reference(s) | JNDA#09-63 |
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| Obverse lettering | 宝 宝 宝 宝 (Translation: Hō) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Produced for just over a year under the Hōei monetary reform of 1710, this mameitagin variety was part of a deliberate debasement policy initiated by the Tokugawa shogunate under Arai Hakuseki's influence — though Hakuseki himself opposed the debasement and would later push through a revaluation restoring higher silver content. The Daikoku stamp identifies the Kinza mint's authorization mark for this specific alloy grade, distinguishing it from earlier high-purity mameitagin issues that circulating merchants had come to trust.
The extremely short production window makes surviving examples genuinely scarce.