Wado-kaichin contained a letter "chin" which was thought to be a variant and a simplified character of "ho"; therefore, the letter "ho" was consistently used for coins which were officially minted thereafter. |
和同開珎は、「珎」の字が「寶」の異体字である「寳」の略字であると考えられ、以後公式に鋳造された銭には一貫して「寳」の文字が使用された。 |