私し鋳ちゅう銭せん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

privately minted coin; illegal coinage

Historical term referring to coins minted privately, often illegally, in pre-modern Japan. Rare in modern usage except in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには私し鋳ちゅう銭せんの取とり締しまりが厳きびしかった。

  In the Edo period, the crackdown on privately minted coins was severe.

• この古こ銭せんは私し鋳ちゅう銭せんの可か能のう性せいがある。

  This old coin may be a privately minted one.