List of Japanese cash coins by inscription

Chinese cash coins also circulated in other countries and inspired similar currencies such as the Korean mun, Ryukyuan mon, Vietnamese văn, while they also circulated as far south as Indonesia.

[1][2] The first Japanese cash coins were the Wadōkaichin (和同開珎) which were produced from 29 August 708.

From the 12th century onwards the Japanese started importing Chinese currency again even while the Southern Song dynasty banned the export of its coinage, while the import of Chinese cash coins surged again during the Ming dynasty era when large amounts of Ming Chinese cash coins were imported.

The Japanese started locally imitating Chinese cash coins, which were known as Shichūsen (私鋳銭).

But the quality of these cash coins varied severely depending on the mint.