Japan. Tokugawa Shogunate. Bunkyu Eiho (Gyoku Ho aka Ryaku Ho = Abbreviated Ho).

Hartill 5.20 var.; Jones (2007) 351; KM C 6b; Zeno # 331943

4 mon (cast copper alloy; made from old 1 mon coins); cast from March 1863 (Bunkyu 3) to 1868 at the Asakusa mint (near Edo) and Kosuge mint; written by Matsudaira Yoshinga, one of the Four Wise Lords of the period; 3.74 g., 26.96 mm., 0°

Obv.: 文久永寶 Bun Kyu Ei Ho (=Eternal Treasure of the Bunkyu Era); cursive script, the bottom components of ho 寶 are simplified 宝, medium rim around hole

Rev.: Eleven nami/waves

Hartill rarity VC; In total, 891,515,631 bunkyu Eiho of all varieties were cast.