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*''Minted: [[1588]]''
*''Japanese'': 天正菱大判 ''(Tenshou hishi ooban)''
The ''Tenshô hishi ôban'' is a type of coin minted by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] beginning in [[1588]] (the 16th year of Tenshô). Its nominal face value is ten ''ryô''.
One example, today in the collection of the National Mint of Japan, is five ''sun'' seven ''rin'' (15.36cm) in length and three ''sun'' three ''fu'' (10cm) in width. It is reported to be 73.94% pure gold, and to weigh 44 ''monme'', four ''bu'', one ''rin''.
The Bank of Japan, among other institutions, also possess examples. Most are believed to have been minted under the oversight of [[Goto Tokujo|Gotô Tokujô]], whose family had been working with gold for centuries; the [[Goto family|Gotô]] would go on to become the chief family overseeing minting, and certification of weights & measures (for currency), through the end of the [[Edo period]].
==References==
*Kobata Atsushi. "Coinage from the Kamakura Period through the Edo Period." ''[[Acta Asiatica]]'' 21 (1971). pp98-108.
==External Links==
*[http://www.mint.go.jp/plant/newexhibition_3.html Japan Mint Museum Official Website] - Third Floor Exhibits includes picture of a ''Tenshô hishi ôban''.
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
[[Category:Economics]]
*''Japanese'': 天正菱大判 ''(Tenshou hishi ooban)''
The ''Tenshô hishi ôban'' is a type of coin minted by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] beginning in [[1588]] (the 16th year of Tenshô). Its nominal face value is ten ''ryô''.
One example, today in the collection of the National Mint of Japan, is five ''sun'' seven ''rin'' (15.36cm) in length and three ''sun'' three ''fu'' (10cm) in width. It is reported to be 73.94% pure gold, and to weigh 44 ''monme'', four ''bu'', one ''rin''.
The Bank of Japan, among other institutions, also possess examples. Most are believed to have been minted under the oversight of [[Goto Tokujo|Gotô Tokujô]], whose family had been working with gold for centuries; the [[Goto family|Gotô]] would go on to become the chief family overseeing minting, and certification of weights & measures (for currency), through the end of the [[Edo period]].
==References==
*Kobata Atsushi. "Coinage from the Kamakura Period through the Edo Period." ''[[Acta Asiatica]]'' 21 (1971). pp98-108.
==External Links==
*[http://www.mint.go.jp/plant/newexhibition_3.html Japan Mint Museum Official Website] - Third Floor Exhibits includes picture of a ''Tenshô hishi ôban''.
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
[[Category:Economics]]