Production institutions

Japan Mint and Production Institutions

Ancient offices, Tokugawa gold, silver and cash networks, and the modern Japan Mint head office and branches.

Multiple and period-dependent

Ancient state minting offices

古代鋳銭司

Dates: Late 7th–10th centuries
Class: historical state network

Multiple

Kinza, Ginza, and licensed zeniza networks

金座・銀座・銭座

Dates: Tokugawa period
Class: historical state and licensed network

Osaka

Japan Mint Head Office, Osaka

造幣局本局（大阪）

Dates: 1871–present
Class: modern national mint

Saitama

Japan Mint Saitama Branch

造幣局さいたま支局

Dates: 2016–present at current site
Class: modern branch

Hiroshima

Japan Mint Hiroshima Branch

造幣局広島支局

Dates: 1945–present
Class: modern branch

Institution, facility, and mark are not interchangeable

Historical networks often involved licensed production sites. Modern circulation coins are government-issued and minted by the Japan Mint; the site does not infer a branch from the absence of a mint mark.

Evidence

Sources and scope

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Historical events and currencies in use Currency Museum, Bank of Japan

Ancient through modern chronology, Tokugawa tri-metallic system, Kanei Tsuho, koban, Meiji yen transition.

Open source

History of the Japan Mint Japan Mint

Modern mint establishment and facility history.

Open source

Outline of the Issuance and Circulation of Banknotes and Coins Bank of Japan

Government issuance and Japan Mint production roles.

Open source