Found a Japanese coin.

[Digalotajunk]

Haven't posted here for a while...2020 was a busy year @ the PO, and didn't have much time to dig!
Hit my second dig of the New year when I dug this beauty.
It's a Japanese, 1 mon.
Minted (cast) between 1668-1768 in a sand mold.
It has no mint mark on the reverse.
Translation: Currency of Kan'ei period.

 

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[birdman]

Very neat coin.

 

[austin_luker]

Thank you for posting image's of your coin! I have found several of those type in my area and was wondering if they where from China or Japan.
I found 3 just like yours but with characters on the reverse as well.

 

[brianc053]

Interesting! I would have assumed this was a Chinese coin, and I thought that only Chinese coins had the square hole. (I found one about a year ago, pic below).
Thanks for teaching me that Japanese coins also had the square hole!

Chinese coin for comparison (sorry the pics aren't great - I can take better ones if needed/wanted):

 

[Digalotajunk]

Check out the app "coinoscope." You take a photo of your coin, and it will bring up what you have! An AWESOME APP!!

 

[Digalotajunk]

Check out "coinoscope" in the app store!!

 

[Digalotajunk]

That's a SWEET find, by the way! I assumed Chinese too, until it came up Japanese! Metal detecting is a GREAT adventure!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Yes, a Chinese coin - congrats !

Due to there lack of value many of these coins were used as decorations.
This 1930's - 50's era sewing basket is a good example.
That's why we find so many of these old coins in the yards of newer houses here in the US.

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