List of Japanese cash coins by inscription

Cash coins were introduced to Japan in the century inspired by the Chinese Kaigen Tsūhō cash coins from the Tang dynasty. Chinese cash coins also circulated in other countries and inspired similar currencies such as the Korean mun, Ryukyuan mon, Vietnamese văn, while they also circulated as far south as Indonesia. Because these currencies were so similar cash coins around the Far East were interchangeable and Japanese cash coins circulated in other countries while foreign cash coins also circulated in Japan.
The first Japanese cash coins were the Wadōkaichin which were produced from 29 August 708. In 760 Japanese currency was reformed and gold and silver cash coins were introduced, however by the end of the 10th century the value of Japanese coinage had severely fallen combined with a weak central government led the Japanese to return to barter. From the 12th century onwards the Japanese started importing Chinese currency again even while the Southern Song dynasty banned the export of its coinage, while the import of Chinese cash coins surged again during the Ming dynasty era when large amounts of Ming Chinese cash coins were imported.
The Japanese started locally imitating Chinese cash coins, which were known as Shichūsen. But the quality of these cash coins varied severely depending on the mint. As many cash coins circulated in the market for a long time their quality diminished over time becoming known as Bitasen. After the Tokugawa shogunate banned Bitasen in 1608 they started producing their own coinage and after 1859 provincial authorities were allowed to mint their own coinages. Japanese cash coins were officially demonetised in 1891 after officially circulating as a division of the Japanese yen with an exchange rate of 10.000 [Japanese Japanese mon (currency)|mon (currency)|mon] for 1 yen.

''Kōchōsen''

Inscription	Kyūjitai	Shinjitai	Year of introduction	Image
Wadōkaichin	和同開珎	和同開珎	708
Mannen Tsūhō	萬年通寳	万年通宝	760
Taihei Genpō	大平元寶	大平元宝	760	None known
Kaiki Shoho	開基勝寶	開基勝宝	760
	神功開寳	神功開宝	765
	隆平永寳	隆平永宝	796
	富壽神寳	富寿神宝	818
	承和昌寳	承和昌宝	835
	長年大寳	長年大宝	848
	饒益神寳	饒益神宝	859
	貞觀永寳	貞観永宝	870
	寛平大寳	寛平大宝	890
	延喜通寳	延喜通宝	907
	乹元大寳	乾元大宝	958

''Toraisen, Shichūsen, and Bitasen''

List of Toraisen, Shichūsen, and Bitasen cash coins:

Inscription	Kyūjitai	Shinjitai	Image
Kōbu Tsūhō	洪武通寶	洪武通宝
Eiraku Tsūhō	永樂通寳	永楽通宝
Katei Tsūhō	嘉靖通寶	嘉靖通宝
Shōfu Tsūhō	祥符通寶	祥符通宝
Heian Tsūhō	平安通寶	平安通宝
Genyū Tsūhō	元祐通寶	元祐通宝

List of Bitasen cash coins that originated in China.

Inscription	Kyūjitai	Shinjitai	Image
Junpei Genpō	順平元寳	順平元宝
Genpō Tsūhō	元豊通寶	元豊通宝
Genfu Tsūhō	元符通寶	元符通宝
Shidō Genpō	至道元寳	至道元宝

Edo period

List of cash coins issued by the Tokugawa shogunate

During the history of the Japanese mon under the Tokugawa shogunate, many different cash coins with different obverse inscriptions were cast, the main cash coins cast by the central government were:

Inscription	Kyūjitai	Shinjitai	Year of introduction	Nengō	Denomination	Image
Keichō Tsūhō	慶長通寳	慶長通宝	1606	Keichō 11	1 mon
Genna Tsūhō	元和通寳	元和通宝	1616	Genna 2	1 mon
Kan'ei Tsūhō	寛永通寳	寛永通宝	1626 1768	Kan'ei 5 Meiwa 5	1 mon 4 mon
Hōei Tsūhō	寳永通寳	宝永通宝	1708	Hōei 5	10 mon
Tenpō Tsūhō	天保通寳	天保通宝	1835	Tenpō 6	100 mon
Bunkyū Ēhō	文久永寳	文久永宝	1863	Bunkyū 3	4 mon

List of Nagasaki trade coins

The following coins were minted in the city of Nagasaki for export to other countries:

Inscription	Inscription	Font	Japanese	Mandarin	Vietnamese	Image
元豊通寳	元豊通宝	Clerical script, Semi-cursive script, Seal script	Genpō Tsūhō	Yuán Fēng Tōng Bǎo	Nguyên Phong Thông Bảo
天聖元寳	天聖元宝	Regular script	Tensei Genpō	Tiān Shèng Yuán Bǎo	Thiên Thánh Nguyên Bảo
祥符元寳	祥符元宝	Regular script	Shofu Genpō	Xiáng Fú Yuán Bǎo	Tường Phù Nguyên Bảo
嘉祐通寳	嘉祐通宝	Regular script	Kayū Tsūhō	Jiā Yòu Tōng Bǎo	Gia Hựu Thông Bảo
熈寧元寳	煕寧元宝	Regular script, Seal script	Kinei Genpō	Xī Níng Yuán Bǎo	Hi Ninh Nguyên Bảo
紹聖元寳	紹聖元宝	Seal script	Shōsei Genpō	Shào Shèng Yuán Bǎo	Thiệu Thánh Nguyên Bảo
治平元寳	治平元宝	Seal script	Jihei Genpō	Zhì Píng Yuán Bǎo	Trị Bình Nguyên Bảo

Nagasaki trade coins notably bear the inscription of many Song dynasty coins because those coins were already widespread in circulation on the Southeast Asian market making the Nagasaki trade coins more familiar for its target demographic.

List of local cash coins cast during the Bakumatsu

Many Japanese domains produced their own currency which happened chaotically, so that the nation's money supply expanded by 2.5 times between 1859 and 1869, leading to crumbling money values and soaring prices.
These coins were often produced with the name of the domain or province on them, the mon coins produced by domains are:

Inscription	Kyūjitai	Shinjitai	Domain	Image
Sendai Tsūhō	仙臺通寳	仙台通宝	Sendai
Hosokura tō hyaku	細倉當百	細倉当百	Sendai
Isawa Tsūhō	膽澤通寳	胆沢通宝	Sendai
Tetsuzan Tsūhō	鐵山通寳	鉄山通宝	Morioka
Hakodate Tsūhō	箱館通寳	箱館通宝	Matsumae
Dōzan Tsūhō	銅山通寳	銅山通宝	Kubota
Ashū Tsūhō	阿州通寳	阿州通宝	Tokushima
Tosa Tsūhō	土佐通寳	土佐通宝	Tosa
Chikuzen Tsūhō	筑前通寳 - 當百	筑前通宝 - 当百	Fukuoka
Ryūkyū Tsūhō	琉球通寳 - 當百	琉球通宝 - 当百	Satsuma
Ryūkyū Tsūhō	琉球通寳 - 半朱	琉球通宝 - 半朱	Satsuma