富ふ本ほん銭せん

noun

Fuhonsen coin

Historical term for Japan's earliest known coinage, minted around 683 CE. It may never have been widely circulated. Often mentioned alongside 和同開珎 (Wadōkaichin).

See also: 和同開珎

• 富ふ本ほん銭せんは和わ同どう開かい珎ちんより古ふるい貨か幣へいとされる。

  The Fuhonsen is considered to be an older coin than the Wadōkaichin.

• 富ふ本ほん銭せんが実じっ際さいに流りゅう通つうしたかどうかは議ぎ論ろんがある。

  There is debate over whether the Fuhonsen actually circulated.