鋳い写うつし

noun

coin cast from a mold made from an existing coin

Historical term referring to a method of counterfeiting or replicating coins by creating a mold from a genuine coin and casting a copy.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、鋳い写うつしによる偽ぎ造ぞう硬こう貨かが問もん題だいになった。

  During the Edo period, counterfeit coins made by casting from molds of genuine coins became a problem.