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