1 Mon "Kōbu Tsūhō" Kajiki-sen

1 Mon "Kōbu Tsūhō" (Kajiki-sen) - obverse1 Mon "Kōbu Tsūhō" (Kajiki-sen) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Japan
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1573-1688
Value 1 Mon
Currency Mon (683-1953)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.8 g
Diameter 23.7 mm
Thickness 1.1 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Technique Cast
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
123909
References DHJ# 3.50-69,
David Hartill; 2011. Early Japanese Coins. Authors OnLine, Gamlingay, England.
Hartill# 20.73
David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd edition). New Generation Publishing, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Four characters surround the hole

Lettering:
 洪
寳 通
 武

Translation: Currency of Hongwu, First Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Reverse

Character "Ji" above the hole

Lettering:

Translation: Reign

Edge

Smooth

Comments

This is an illicit manufactured coin (私鋳銭) which imitated an official coin of the Ming dynasty, Hongwu Tongbao.

While imitations of the Hongwu Tongbao cash were commonly made in the late 15th century, this particular type known as Kajiki-sen (加治木銭) was cast by samurai lord Shimazu Yoshihiro and his successors in the village of Kajiki (加治木), today part of Kagoshima Prefecture, from the Tenshō (天正) to Kan'ei (寛永) eras, ca. 1570's-1636 (the Tokugawa shogunate banned private minting that year, following the introduction of the Kan'ei Tsūhō coinage).

There are three reverse types known, Ka (加), Ji (治) and Ki (木), which stands for the name of the village. The sample coin is DHJ# 3.56.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.50; 加 right from hole
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.51; two dot 通; two dot 治 on top of hole
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.52; two dot 通; two dot 治, wide and thin, on top of hole
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.53; two dot 通; three dot 治 on top of hole
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.54; two dot 通; two dot 治 on top of hole; 正 of 武 looks like 山
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.55; two dot 通; one dot 治 in running script on top of hole
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.56; one dot 通; two dot 治 on top of hole
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.57; one dot 通; two dot 治 in running script on top of hole
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.58; one dot 通; tree dot 治 on top of hole
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.59; one dot 通; one dot 治 on top of hole
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.60; one dot 通; one dot 治 on top of hole; 缶 in 寳
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.61; one dot 通; two dot 治 on top of hole; 正 of 武 looks like 土
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.62; one dot 通; one dot 治 on top of hole; 正 of 武 looks like 土
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.65; 木 on top of hole in regular script
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.66; 木 on top of hole in grass script
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.67; 木 on top of hole in grass script, small characters
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.68; 福 "Fuko" under hole, imitating Chinese coin from Fujian mint
ND (1573-1688)  DHJ# 3.69; small coin with blank reverse

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