| Currency | Mon |
| Facial value | 100 |
| Years of issue | 1835 – 1870 |
| Metal | Bronze |
| Ø in mm | 49 |
| Art.-No. | JP100.0M |
| Price EUR | 120,00 |
Vertical inscription 天保通寶 (Tenpō currency) or “Tenpōtsūhō” (100 Mon). Tenpōtsūhō was idea of emperor Kinza to compete with Ginza’s Kan’eitsūhō 4 Mon. The first lot was casted in 15 months period between 1835 and 1836. After Meiji Restoration, the currency official of the new government restarted the cast, between 1868 and 1870. The mon (文) was the currency of Japan from the Muromachi period in 1336 until the early Meiji period in 1870.
