Japan, Hakodate-Tsūhō, Provincial Iron Coin - 1856 to 1857 CE - Edo Japan

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Edo Japan
• Authority: Oshima Province (on the southwest tip of Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan)
• Date: 1856 - 1857 CE
• Denomination: Iron 1 mon
• Mint: Hakodate
• Type Number: Hartill 6.6 in David Hartill's "Early Japanese Coins"
• Obverse: 箱館通寶 - Hako Date Tsu Ho (Hakodate Currency)
• Reverse: 安 - "An," short for the Ansei era.
• Notes: Use of this coinage was prohibited outside of its province of origin.

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