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Gold 'Hirumo Kin'

Issuer Mutsu Province
Year 1573
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Technique Hammered
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Obverse description Plain, uninscribed oval gold field exhibiting a characteristically hammered and smoothed surface texture, with faint horizontal striations across the face resulting from the hand-finishing process typical of Japanese feudal-era kin currency. The field is entirely devoid of legends, devices, or marks, presenting a broad, lustrous expanse of yellow gold. The irregular yet deliberately shaped oval flan displays the artisanal quality associated with provincial Japanese gold currency of the Sengoku period.
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Edge Plain
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Mintage ND (1573) - approx. date
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