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Mameitagin 'Kyōhō Mameitagin' Double Daikoku
| Issuer | Tokugawa Shogunate (Edo Mint) |
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| Year | 1714-1736 |
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| Currency | Monme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874) |
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| Reverse description | Stylized relief depiction of Daikoku, the god of wealth, rendered in the same abbreviated hammered-die style as the obverse, constituting the 'Double Daikoku' type characteristic of this issue. The rotund seated figure is shown with a broad conical hat, crossed arms, and tawara (rice bales) beneath, with scattered oval pellets representing treasure or coins in the field. A prominent scroll or tail element appears to the right, and a small vessel or mallet attribute is visible to the left. The high-relief design is consistent across both faces, produced from matching punch dies on an irregularly shaped silver flan. No inscriptions or legends are present on this face. |
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| Edge | Rounded |
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The Kyōhō Mameitagin was introduced in 1714 as part of the Shogunate's currency reform under Arai Hakuseki, who pushed to restore silver coinage to the higher fineness that had been debased under Tsunayoshi. The Double Daikoku stamp — applied by assayers at the Edo mint — certified both the silver content and the issuing authority, functioning as a quality mark on an already irregular, hand-formed planchet. Hakuseki's reforms were reversed within a decade of his political fall, making the window for this specific certification stamp unusually narrow.