Kan'ei Tsuho

Japanese: 寛永通宝 - かんえいつうほう

〘Noun〙 A coin with a round hole that was minted over a long period from the Kan'ei era ( 1624-44 ) to the beginning of the Meiji era during the Edo period. There are copper 1-mon coins, iron 1-mon coins, brass 4-mon coins, and iron 4-mon coins. The copper 1-mon coin was officially minted by the Tokugawa clan in 1636 as a unified coin, but in fact it was first minted in Mito ten years earlier in 1636 with permission from the shogunate. Iron 1-mon coins were minted in 1739 , brass 4-mon coins in 1768 , and iron 4-mon coins in 1860, and 4- mon coins had ripple marks on the back to distinguish them from 1-mon coins. Mints were established all over the country, but the weight and material were often changed during the Edo period as gold and silver coins were recoined. With the issuance of new currency in December 1871 ( Meiji 4 ), the copper 1-mon coin was set at 1 rin, the 4-mon coin at 2 rin, the iron 1-mon coin at 16 rin, and the 4-mon coin at 8 rin. Kan'ei Tsuho coin. Kan'ei coin. *Haikai-Butsushu (1678) "I've been collecting letters for twenty years, and the Kan'ei Tsuho coin has been a success."

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Japanese:

〘名〙江戸時代、寛永年間（一六二四‐四四）から明治初年に至る長い期間にわたって鋳造された円形方孔の銭貨。銅一文銭、鉄一文銭、真鍮四文銭、鉄四文銭がある。銅一文銭は徳川氏が統一的銭貨として寛永一三年（一六三六）から公鋳したが、実際は、それより一〇年前の寛永三年に水戸で幕許を得て鋳造したのが最初。鉄一文銭は元文四年（一七三九）、真鍮四文銭は明和五年（一七六八）、鉄四文銭は万延元年（一八六〇）から鋳造され、四文銭は一文銭と区別するため裏面に波紋が付けられた。鋳造地は全国各地に設けられたが、江戸時代、金銀貨の改鋳に伴い、しばしば量目や材質が変えられた。明治四年（一八七一）一二月以降新貨幣の発行とともに、銅一文銭は一厘に、四文銭は二厘に、鉄一文銭は一六枚一厘に、四文銭は八枚一厘に通用が定められた。寛永通宝銭。寛永銭。※俳諧・物種集（1678）「拾ひ文字あつめあつめて二十年出世に及ぶ寛永通宝〈之治〉」

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