Coin minting envoy - Chusenshi

Japanese: 鋳銭使 - ちゅうせんし

One of the ancient Japanese minting agencies. Established in March 818 (Kōnin 9) by reorganizing the Nagato kokushi, it had a fixed number of staff: one chief, one vice-minter, two judges, three chief clerks, two minters, one coinage master, and five historians. In August of the same year, one horse was allocated to each of the unnecessary post houses in the country, and the remaining 44 horses were to be used for transporting lead for minting. Three months later, in November, an order was given to issue the Fuju Shinpo, so it is thought that the Mintsmen were established for the purpose of minting the coins. In the Tang Dynasty, Mintsmen were dispatched several times in the 8th century, so the name was likely inherited from them.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本古代の鋳銭機関の一つ。818年(弘仁9)3月，長門国司を改組して設置されたもので，長官1，次官1，判官2，主典3，鋳銭師2，造銭形師1，史生5の定員を擁していた。同年8月には国内の不要の駅家の駅馬は各1疋ずつとし，残り44疋は鋳銭料鉛の運搬にあてることとされている。その3ヵ月後の11月に〈富寿神宝〉の発行が命ぜられているので，〈鋳銭使〉は同銭の鋳造を目的として設置されたと考えられる。唐では8世紀に〈鋳銭使〉が何回か派遣された例があり，その名称を受け継いだのであろう。

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