Japanese mon (currency)

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For other uses, see Japanese mon.
Kan'ei Tsūhō (寛永通宝) coins. The top ones were each worth 4 mon, the middle and bottom ones were worth 1 mon each.

The mon (文?) was a currency of Japan from Muromachi period until 1870. It resembled and was derived from the Chinese wen (cf. Korean mun). Coins denominated in mon were cast in copper or iron and circulated alongside silver and gold ingots denominated in shu, bu and ryō, with 16 shu = 4 bu = 1 ryo. The yen replaced these denominations in 1870. However, its usage continued at least into 1871, as the first Japanese stamps, issued in that year, were denominated in mon.1

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History

Mon coins were holed, allowing them to be strung together on a piece of string.

In 1695, the shogunate placed the Japanese character gen (元) on the obverse of copper coins.2

Through Japanese history, there were many different styles of currency of many shapes, styles, designs, sizes and materials, including gold, silver, bronze, etc. Even rice was once a currency, the koku.

See also

Currencies with the same etymology

References

  1. ^ 2003 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, vol. 4. Sidney: Scott Publishing, 2002, p. 15.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 415.

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