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Cash coins were introduced to Japan in the century inspired by the Chinese Kaigen Tsūhō (開元通寳) cash coins from the Tang dynasty. Chinese cash coins also circulated in other countries and inspired similar currencies such as the Korean mun, Ryukyuan mon, Vietnamese văn, while they also circulated as far south as Indonesia.
In 760, a reform was put in place, in which a new copper coin called Man'nen Tsūhō (萬年通寳) was worth 10 times the value of the former Wadōkaichin, with also a new silver coin named Taihei Genpō (大平元寶) with a value of 10 copper coins, as well as a new gold coin named Kaiki Shoho (開基勝寶) with a value of 10 silver coins.
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Obverse has two crossed Japanese flags on poles with Mount Fuji in the background, while the reverse shows the coin's value. This pattern was struck in copper, and is holed in the center. [4] Only 2 coins have been certified as genuine by PCGS, while a 3rd resides in the Smithsonian Institution. [5] [6] 1 Momme KM-Pn4
The value of any given coin is determined by survivability rate and condition as collectors in general prefer uncleaned appealing coins. The first ten yen coins were made from 1871 to 1892 with coins dated 1871, 1876, 1877, 1880, and 1892 using a dragon design.
English: texts Coins of Japan by Munro, Neil Gordon, 1863-1942 Publication date 1904 Topics Numismatics, Coins, Japanese Publisher Yokohama : [Printed by the Box of curios printing and publishin company] Collection getty; americana Digitizing sponsor Getty Research Institute Contributor Getty Research Institute Language English
The Kōchōsen Japanese system of coinage became strongly debased, with its metallic content and value decreasing. By the middle of the 9th century, the value of a coin in rice had fallen to 1/150th of its value of the early 8th century. [ 4 ]
Coins from this period all begin with the Japanese symbol 大正 (Taishō). This was the final year one yen coins were minted in silver, and is a one year type. Inscriptions on Japanese coins from this period are read clockwise from right to left: "Year" ← Number representing year of reign ← Emperor's name (Ex: 年 ← 三十 ← 正大)