Kocho Junisen

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kōchō jūnisen (皇朝十二銭) (aka jūnizeni) is a general term for 12 types of copper coins minted in Japan under the Ritsuryo system from 708 (Wadō 1st year) to 963 (Ōwa 3rd year).[1] All of the included coins are circular in shape, have a square hole in the center, and were worth 1 mon.[lower-alpha 1]

Coins

Image Inscription Kyūjitai Shinjitai Year of introduction
(Julian calendar)
File:Wadōkaichin TNM E-3470.jpg Wadōkaichin 和同開珎 和同開珎 708
File:Man'nentsūhō TNM E-3470.jpg Mannen Tsūhō [ja] 萬年通寳 万年通宝 760
File:Jingūkaihō TNM E-3470.jpg Jingū Kaihō [ja] 神功開寳 神功開宝 765
File:Ryūheieihō TNM E-3470.jpg Ryūhei Eihō [ja] 隆平永寳 隆平永宝 796
File:Fujushinpō TNM E-3470.jpg Fuju Shinpō [ja] 富壽神寳 富寿神宝 818
File:Jōwashōhō TNM E-3470.jpg Jōwa Shōhō [ja] 承和昌寳 承和昌宝 835
File:Chōnentaihō TNM E-3470.jpg Chōnen Taihō [ja] 長年大寳 長年大宝 848
File:Jōekishinpō TNM E-3470.jpg Jōeki Shinpō [ja] 饒益神寳 饒益神宝 859
File:Jōgan'eihō TNM E-3470.jpg Jōgan Eihō [ja] 貞觀永寳 貞観永宝 870
File:Kanpyōtaihō TNM E-3470.jpg Kanpyō Taihō [ja] 寛平大寳 寛平大宝 890
File:Engitsūhō TNM E-3470.jpg Engi Tsūhō [ja] 延喜通寳 延喜通宝 907
File:Kengentaihō TNM E-3470.jpg Kengen Taihō [ja] 乹元大寳 乾元大宝 958

See also

Notes

  1. "Mon" was a unit of currency (ex: Dollar) before the Muromachi period when they took a physical form.

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2005). "Wadō-kaihō". Japan Encyclopedia. p. 539. ISBN 978-0674017535.