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Representative Edo issue

Tempo Tsuho Honza Chokaku

This representative Honza Chokaku type belongs to the large oval 100-mon Tempo Tsuho family.

天保通宝本座長郭Tenpō Tsūhō Honza Chōkaku

Tempo Tsuho Honza Chokaku obverse Tempo Tsuho Honza Chokaku reverse
As6673 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · representative Honza Chokaku type
Years
From 1835
Metal branch
copper
Value or unit
100 mon nominal
Catalog fineness

Context

Historical and monetary setting

Tempo Tsuho entered the late Tokugawa cash system from 1835 at a nominal 100 mon.

Identification

How to classify the object

Exact attribution depends on the central opening, legend calligraphy, reverse marks, dimensions, weight, and casting style.

Evidence boundary

What this page does not claim

Nominal value does not imply metal content equal to one hundred one-mon coins.

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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