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Photograph of Osaka Mint Opening Ceremony
To rectify confusion over coins experienced during Tokugawa period, new Meiji government promptly recast and unified coins. First, Meiji government decided to manufacture coins using machines made by foreign countries and started to build a mint in Kawasaki, Osaka, designed by Thomas James Walters, a British architectural engineer. In November, 1870, a mint of fully Western style was built in Osaka. A gala opening ceremony followed in February, 1871. "Kobun Fuzoku no Zu" (Picutures and charts affiliated with Kobun Roku) containing this photo were designated as National Important Cultural Properties of Japan in the 10th year of Heisei (1998) together with "Kobunroku"(Compiled Records of the Grand Council of Statee).
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