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Japan's first formal currency system was the ''Kōchōsen'' (Japanese: 皇朝銭, "Imperial currency"). It was exemplified by the adoption of Japan's first official coin type, the ''Wadōkaichin''.〔 It was first minted in 708 on order of Empress Gemmei, Japan's 43rd Imperial ruler.〔 ''"Wadōkaichin"'' is the reading of the four characters printed on the coin, and is thought to be composed of the era name Wadō (和銅, "Japanese copper"), which could alternatively mean "happiness", and "Kaichin", thought to be related to "Currency".〔 The pronunciation of "Kaichin" also sounds similar to "happiness" in Chinese "开心". This coinage was inspired by the Tang coinage (唐銭) named ''Kaigentsūhō'' (Chinese: 開元通宝, ''Kai Yuan Tong Bao''), first minted in Chang'an in 621.〔Japan Currency Museum (日本貨幣博物館) permanent exhibit〕 The Wadokaichin had the same specifications as the Chinese coin, with a diameter of 2.4 cm and a weight of 3.75g.〔 ==Currency reform (760)==
The ''Wadōkaichin'' soon became debased, as the government rapidly issued coins with progressively lesser metallic content, and local imitations thrived.〔 In 760, a reform was put in place, in which a new copper coin called ''Mannentsūhō'' (万年通寶) was worth 10 times the value of the former ''Wadōkaichin'', with also a new silver coin named ''Taiheigenbō'' (大平元寶) with a value of 10 copper coins, as well as a new gold coin named ''Kaikishōhō'' (開基勝寶) with a value of 10 silver coins.〔 Silver minting was soon abandoned however, but copper minting took place throughout the Nara period.〔 A variety of coin types are known, altogether 12 types, including one coin type in gold.〔
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