Kocho Junisen

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.[a]

Coins

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

See also

• List of Japanese cash coins by inscription

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.