This Copper Yongle Tongbao coin (永樂通寶錢) has a legend of the royal year name "永樂" (Yongle, 1403-1424), under Yongle-di (永樂帝, 1402-1424) in Ming Empire.

The Yongle TB cash coins, which were widely distributed during the medieval period in Japan, are the mixture of those cast in China and of those cast in Japan. 

This piece weighs 2.76 gr, which is lighter than the Yongle TB coins, that would be cast officially in China (3.6 - 3.8 gr).  I suspect that this piece was cast in Japan.


This piece has some traces of gold plating on the surface. I don't know of any other cases like this. If you are interested in this coin, please do your research.

Well cast and well preserved.


The Yongle Tongbao was a Ming dynasty era Chinese cash coin produced under the reign of the Yongle Emperor.  At the time it predominantly used silver coins and

paper money as the main currency.  The production of traditional cash-style coins had ceased in 1393.  The Yongle Tongbao cash coins were notably no manufactured

for the internal Chinese market, but were in fact produced to help stimulate international trade as Chinese cash coins were used as a common form of currency

throughout South, Southeast, and East Asia. 

[The above explanations are quoted from Wikipedia on each item.]


I will attach a photo of public domain portrait of "Yongle Emperor", and a photo of public domain historical maps of "China in 1415, during the reign of the Yongle

Emperor".   Beijing City, the capital city in 1421-1644, is located at (39.9158, 116.3910) in the google location system.  I will attach some photos of the city from the google

map system and from the google street view system.  


Copper 1 Wen Yongle Tongbao coin (永樂通寶錢) .   The weight is 2.76 gr. 　Some traces of gold plating on the surface.　

Provenance : Ex "六甲スタンプ商会" (Rokkou Stamp Campany), famous coin dealer, located in Itami-Shi, Hyogo-Ken, Japan in 1987.

Catalog number is MN-3641+, Zeno-176372+, and Numista-20636+.    

       MN catalogue is "Oriental coins and their values, Non-Islamic States & Western Colonies.  AD 600-1979.",  written by Michael Mitchiner, published by Hawkins

       Publications in London in 1979.

       Zeno on line catalogue is "Zeno. Ru - Oriental Coins Database".

       Numista catalogue is "Coin Catalogue-Numista" , a unique platform to learn, collect, swap and share about numismatics.

Size : 25 x 25 mm.      Weight : 2.76 gr.


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