Representative Edo issue
Early Kanei Tsuho One-Mon Cash
Early Kanei Tsuho answered the shogunate's need for a more stable counted small-change supply from 1636.
初期寛永通宝一文銭Early Kan'ei Tsūhō
- Years
- From 1636
- Metal branch
- copper
- Value or unit
- 1 mon
- Catalog fineness
- —
Context
Historical and monetary setting
Production was distributed through authorized cash-mint arrangements rather than one permanent modern mint.
Identification
How to classify the object
Calligraphy, metal, dimensions, weight, casting, and production context are all required.
Evidence boundary
What this page does not claim
The four-character legend alone cannot identify a mint or subtype.
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Related Edo references
Evidence
Sources and scope
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Kanei Tsuho copper, iron, brass four-mon, Tempo Tsuho, and mint-network chronology.
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