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1 Mon "Taisetsūhō" - Shō Taikyū

1 Mon "Taisetsūhō" - Shō Taikyū - obverse1 Mon "Taisetsūhō" - Shō Taikyū - reverse

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Features

Issuer Kingdom of Ryukyu (Japan)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1457
Currency Mon
Composition Copper (Cast copper alloy)
Diameter 23.0 mm
Thickness 1.0 mm
Shape Round with a round hole
Technique Cast
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
288118

Obverse

Inscription around center hole, read from top to bottom, right to left.

Lettering: 大世通寶

Translation: Currency of Taise

Reverse

Blank with rim

Edge

Plain

Comments

To cast it, the Yongle Tongbao was used as a prototype with its 永楽 replaced with 大世, resulting in the slight differences in font type between 大世 and 通寶.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1457) 

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