Iron coins - Tessen

Japanese: 鉄銭 - てっせん

〘 noun 〙 A coin made of iron. In Japan, it began with the 1-mon "Kan'ei Tsūhō" coin, minted in Edo in 1739 ( Genbun 4 ). Until then, only copper coins were used, but after that, iron coins were also minted in large numbers. Iron 4-mon coins were minted and issued from 1860 ( Man'en 1 ). They were discontinued with the promulgation of the Currency Act in 1897 ( Meiji 30 ). *From the sharebon Suisai Mushuu (1779), "Because at the time of Noh performances, at least one iron coin was used."

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Japanese:

〘名〙鉄を素材とする銭貨。わが国では元文四年（一七三九）江戸で鋳造した「寛永通宝」の一文銭にはじまる。それまでは銅銭だけであったが、以後銅銭のほかに鉄銭が多く鋳造されるに至った。なお鉄の四文銭は万延元年（一八六〇）から鋳造発行された。明治三〇年（一八九七）貨幣法の公布で通用を停止された。※洒落本・酔姿夢中（1779）「仕合の能ときは鉄銭の一本ぐらいはやりし故」

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