Between East and West: Influence and Change in Coinage

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Japanese copy of Chinese cash coin, obverse Japanese copy of Chinese cash coin, reverse
Japan, copy of Chinese cash coin of the Northern Sung, Yuan Feng (1078-1085). The Chinese prototype would have been at least 300-400 years old when this copy was made.

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