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Representative Edo issue

Kanei Tsuho Four-Mon Brass Cash

The four-mon Kanei Tsuho introduced a higher counted value and is commonly associated with a wave-pattern reverse.

寛永通宝四文銭Kan'ei Tsūhō Four-Mon

Kanei Tsuho Four-Mon obverse Kanei Tsuho Four-Mon reverse
As6022014 · Public domain · Exact documented image: Obverse and reverse of a representative four-mon Kan'ei Tsūhō.
Years
From 1768
Metal branch
copper
Value or unit
4 mon
Catalog fineness

Context

Historical and monetary setting

The Currency Museum chronology places brass four-mon production from 1768.

Identification

How to classify the object

Separate it from one-mon pieces by metal, size, weight, reverse design, and exact calligraphy.

Evidence boundary

What this page does not claim

The approved representative image is one exact four-mon type, not every mint or calligraphy variety.

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Related Edo references

Evidence

Sources and scope

These links support the claims on this page. Source authority does not imply permission to republish source images.

Edo Copper and Iron Coinage Bank of Japan Currency Museum

Kanei Tsuho copper, iron, brass four-mon, Tempo Tsuho, and mint-network chronology.

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