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Type:ca. 1600 Eriaku Tsuho
                              
 
Type:Nagasaki. 1659 Boeki Sen
                              
 
Type:1636-1656 (Tokugawa Iyemitsu Shogunate) Mon
Obverse Legend:Kanei Tsuho
Reference:K103, C-1.1
Minted in Mito Province.
                              
 
Type:1668-1700 (Tokugawa Iyetsuna and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Shogunates) Mon
Obverse Legend:"Kan ei Tsu hou" read top bottom right left as "generosity" "eternal" "circulate" "treasure", i.e. "Generosity is eternal, circulating treasure"
Reverse Legend:Bun
Reference:K302, C-1.2
Value of 1 mon.
                              
 

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