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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ls8driver, post: 699570, member: 15006&quot;]Spot on Manymore.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve done a bit of digging in a book I recently acquired (had forgotten about it!) - Munro Coins of Japan published 1904. He states:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A number of the Kwanei sen have the character Gen or Gan signifying beginning or commencement, on the reverse.....These sen were cast at Takatsu, city of Osaka, in the province of Settsu, in the first year, or commencemet, of Kwampo, 1741, hence the character on the reverse.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He also describes a coin with the character Ashi on the reverse. This indicates a coin cast in the village of Ashio, Shimotsuke province in the 2nd year of Kwampu, 1742.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have found one of these in my job lot, so am quite pleased, although I don&#039;t collect japanese coins. The thrill of the chase?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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