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...A unit of currency that began in China during the Song Dynasty, referring to 1000 mon (mon) coins. The name comes from the fact that 1000 copper coins were bound together by piercing holes in them with a bin (also called a kyo, meaning zenizashi), and it began to be used in Japan around the Muromachi period with the influx of Tang and Song coins. In the Edo period, currency was divided into three coins with different bases: gold, silver, and sen. The basic units were the ryo (4 bu = 16 shu) of koban gold coins, momme silver coins, and mon coins, with 1000 mon silver coins being called 1 kanme and 1000 mon coins being called 1 kanmon....

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…中国の宋代のころに始まる通貨の単位で，銭貨1000文（もん）のことをいう。この名称は銅銭1000枚の穴に緡（びん）(鏹（きよう）ともいい，ぜにざしのこと)を貫いて束ねたことに由来し，日本でも唐銭，宋銭の流入に伴って室町時代前後から用いられるようになった。江戸時代になると通貨は基本を異にする金，銀，銭の3貨に分かれ，基本単位は金貨が小判の両(＝4分＝16朱)，銀貨が匁，銭貨が文であり，銀貨1000匁を1貫目，銭貨1000文を1貫文と呼んだ。…

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