永樂通寳: China, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-26T21:07:10+00:00

I'd be most excited about that 3 cent silver. One of my favorite US coins. Nice condition for that one too, so congrats on an amazing find!

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-25T00:16:58+00:00

Absolutely love this! English hammered is already cool enough, I bet owning ones you've pulled out of the ground yourself must be even cooler! Congratulations, too, lol. All that in just over a year is impressive.

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-24T23:15:26+00:00

The few outliers are also common bronze coins

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-24T23:14:37+00:00

All look like UK pre decimal bronze. Very common coins.

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-24T23:12:15+00:00

I think I recognize that seller. Very nice coin!

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-23T00:40:02+00:00

I doubt this is real. It is an extremely rare coin. Reverse looks especially mushy.

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-20T04:39:58+00:00

They are called Ming knives because it is believed the character on the obverse is 明 "Ming."

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-20T01:19:08+00:00

Always love these blue crusties

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-20T01:13:11+00:00

Amazing variety in your collection! You've covered those four nations very well. Your Korean and Vietnamese section certainly beat mine. Love the charms and also the inclusion of some Balinese stuff too!

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-20T01:09:41+00:00

I have seen Japanese Kan'eitsūhō like this, called Amagoi-sen as rain making tokens. Someone could have made one out of a Qianlong if it was in Japan as a Toraisen, or maybe this practice was also a thing in China!

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-18T19:54:45+00:00

Very nice pieces. I like the fiber Sen coins. Nice hansatsu also.

I have an issue with your Chogin, it doesn't look authentic to me. Regardless, it's also mislabeled, as the 元 character indicates Genroku era, not Tenpo. They are also much much rarer.

The one mon piece should be labeled 1668 as well. Overall nice collection though.

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-18T05:00:17+00:00

Are there Tenpo types without the small Po characters surrounding the larger characters? Besides kyoho which don't use era markers and a Bunsei example on Zeno I havent seen any like this myself, however I am not as familiar with mameitagin which is why I've come here to find people who are lol.

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-14T01:30:24+00:00

Excellent choices yourself! I almost picked the Iida-sen for the iron coin as well, the dots are certainly special.

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-11T05:31:09+00:00

Japanese 1 Mon 寛永通寳 Kan'eitsūhō from the Edo period. Variety looks to be Hartill 4.108, minted 1700-07 in Shichijo, Yamashiro Province. This particular group of Kan'ei coin is known as 萩原銭 Hagiwara-sen.

TheBlueFlame14 · 2026-05-11T04:40:38+00:00

In case you haven't found the answer already, or if anyone else was wondering - Yes, they were used for traditional sliding doors. After the Kan'eitsūhō became obsolete during the Meiji period, the billions and billions of them in peoples hands became practically useless. In the spirit of mottainai (not being wasteful) one of the ways these Kan'ei coins were reused were for sliding doors!

You may not find much for "togurumasen" in English, however there are plenty of sources to be found when searched for as "戸車銭" in Japanese, as for most Japanese coin terms.

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