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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 3406707, member: 75799&quot;]The last of the 12 Antique Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kengen Taiho 乾元大寶。(958). Hartill 1.70. Extremely Rare* </p><p>[ATTACH=full]904719[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]904721[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The quality of these issues were so poor and debased that the calligraphy and make shows a lack of detail to even making a decent coin. Small in size and often with a high degree of lead content thus earning it the moniker &quot;white coins&quot;. Many court officials distanced themselves from association with these coins thus accounting for their poor calligraphy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The populace rejected these coins and led to many resorting back to other medium of trade and import of superior coins from China.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>By 987, a decree prohibited the use of cash and it will be another 500 years before Japan started minting their own coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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