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Hana Furi Kin

Or "Raining Flowers Gold Coin." Certain thin small oval Japanese gold pieces were called by this name, and were said to have been issued by Hideyoshi for the invasion of Korea in 1592. To this day the word Hana is used for a reward.


Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)
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