4 Mon

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Type: Nagasaki. 1659 Boeki Sen



Type: 1769-1860 4 Mon

Obverse Legend: "Kan ei Tsu hou" read top bottom right left as "generosity" "eternal" "circulate" "treasure", i.e. "Generosity is eternal, circulating treasure"

Mintage: 157,425,360 (with 1760)

Reference: K602, C-4.2

Nami (wave) cash - 11 waves.



Type: 1768 4 Mon

21 waves



Type: 1769-1860 4 Mon

Obverse Legend: "Kan ei Tsu hou" read top bottom right left as "generosity" "eternal" "circulate" "treasure", i.e. "Generosity is eternal, circulating treasure"

Mintage: 157,425,360 (with 1760)

Reference: K602, C-4.2

Nami (wave) cash - 11 waves.



Type: 1863-1867 (Tokugawa Iemochi Shogunate) 4 Mon

Obverse Legend: "Bun Kyu Ei Hou" read top bottom right left as "sentence" "perpetual" "eternal" "treasure".

Mintage: 891,515,631 (with 1863)

Reference: K901, C-6



Type: 1863-1867 (Tokugawa Iemochi Shogunate) 4 Mon

Obverse Legend: "Bun Kyu Ei Hou" read top bottom right left as "sentence" "perpetual" "eternal" "treasure".

Mintage: 891,515,631 (with 1862)

Reference: K902, C-6a

Minted in Edo (Tokyo).

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