Yongle Tongbao coins

Japanese: 永楽通宝 - えいらくつうほう

〘Noun〙 A copper coin with a round hole that was minted from the 6th year of the Yongle era ( 1408 ) to the 22nd year ( 1424 ) of the Ming Dynasty in China. It was imported to Japan in large quantities from the time it was first minted, and circulated as one of the standard currencies for a long time until the early Edo period. Imitations were also actively produced from the end of the Muromachi period, and at one point they were regulated to be four times as valuable as other coins, but as inferior imitation coins began to circulate, their use was banned in 1608 ( Keicho 13 ) as part of the shogunate's policy of unifying currency. In addition to copper coins, gold and silver coins were also minted, and it is said that these were specially made by the Toyotomi clan during the Tensho period ( 1573-92 ) as a kind of reward for service. Yongle Tongbao coin. Yongle coin. Yongsei coin. Yong coin. Yong.

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Japanese:

〘名〙中国、明朝の永楽六年（一四〇八）から二二年（一四二四）にかけて鋳造された円形方孔の銅銭。鋳造当初から日本へも大量に移入され、江戸初期まで長く標準的通貨の一つとして流通した。また、室町末期から模鋳も盛んに行なわれ、他の銭貨の四倍通用が規定されたこともあったが、粗悪な模鋳銭が出まわるにいたり、幕府の通貨統一政策の一環として、慶長一三年（一六〇八）その通用が禁止された。銅銭の外に金銭や銀銭も作られているが、これは豊臣氏が天正年間（一五七三‐九二）一種の功労賞の意味で特製したものといわれている。永楽通宝銭。永楽銭。永精銭。永銭。永。

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