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government officials next decided to issue silver coins equivalent to 2 shu, which was being used as a monetary unit of gold coins at the time. Their hope was to replace conventional silver coins with those fixed by a weight by carefully brainwashing the public into believing that gold coins were the basis of currency. This in turn would also hopefully eliminate their awareness of the concept of "small coins" (small balls and silver).
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to issue orders to the accounting magistrate to redeem five monme silver for koban. An official price was set to collect the five monme silver and a collection by exchange began on July 23, 1768. The coins naturally disappeared over time from circulation without an edict to stop their use. Shogunate
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Western Japan coins were made up of ball and bar-shaped silver nuggets. The unstable and variable exchange rates between these two mediums caused the shogunate to unify the basis of currency into gold coins. Attempts to fix the exchange rate between gold and silver
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which were not popular with the public at the time. Of particular issue was their low gold content which gave these coins a very bad reputation, so they were not often seen in circulation. The specifications for the Bunsei
Ichishu Gin was a coin weighing 2.62 grams with an alloy of 98.95% silver,
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0.14% gold, and 0.91% miscellaneous material. At the time of issuance the Bunsei shu was actually worth the same amount as 2 shu coins previously minted between 1772 and 1824. Bunsei one–shu silver coins were minted in large amounts and had an 8-year run which lasted until 1837 in the
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All of these factors led to an inconvenient coin that did not largely circulate, which caused the
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Meiji era "1 Shu" coins are also known as "Kaheishi" 1 Shu.
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402:84.76% silver, 15.20% miscellaneous, 0.04% gold
62:Ball shaped nuggets used in Western Japan c.1736
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378:97.96% silver, 1.82% miscellaneous, 0.22% gold
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1203:List of Japanese cash coins by inscription
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929:. Yoshikawa Kobunkan. pp. 227–229.
854:. Tokyodo Publishing. pp. 281–282.
837:ecords of Surveys of Old Gold and Silver
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46:square coin that circulated during the
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954:. Mainichi Shimbun. pp. 128–129.
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904:. Toyo Keizai Inc. pp. 239–240.
789:. Toyo Keizai Inc. pp. 204–205.
764:. Toyo Keizai Inc. pp. 230–232.
717:Coins of Japan -A Guide to Collecting
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879:. Yoshikawa Kobunkan. p. 314.
852:Encyclopedia of Japan History Money
814:. Yoshikawa Kobunkan. p. 394.
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1208:List of Japanese coinage patterns
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747:Research on Early Modern Ginza
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977:. Shibundo. pp. 185–186.
877:Studies in Early Modern Ginza
812:Studies in Early Modern Ginza
732:Studies in Early Modern Ginza
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135:coins were minted during the
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1042:"Japan Shu C# 12a (1868-69)"
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1018:Numismatic Guaranty Company
1014:"Japan Shu C# 12 (1853-65)"
993:Numismatic Guaranty Company
989:"Japan Shu C# 11 (1829-37)"
950:Hisamitsu Shigehei (1976).
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835:Yoshimasa Koga (1930).
810:Taya Hirokichi (1963).
745:Hiroyoshi Taya (1963).
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20:. For other uses, see
1496:Negotiable instrument
900:Ryuzo Mikami (1996).
785:Ryuzo Mikami (1996).
760:Ryuzo Mikami (1996).
749:. Yoshikawa Kobunkan.
734:. Yoshikawa Kobunkan.
255:which was smelted by
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1218:Nagasaki trade coins
952:Japan Currency Story
1522:Currencies of Japan
409:Circulation figures
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1413:c. 1101–1700
1358:Shu (silver)
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1338:Kan'ei Tsūhō
1305:Taihei Genpō
1233:Yen currency
1228:Momme (unit)
1126:February 21,
1124:. Retrieved
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1285:Wadōkaichin
1265:Mumonginsen
1213:Mother coin
593:1824 – 1830
571:1800 – 1824
542:1772 – 1788
513:1868 – 1869
489:159,244,800
484:1853 – 1865
460:139,914,768
455:1829 – 1837
450:文政七二十 – 天保八
367:1824 – 1830
343:1800 – 1824
309:1772 – 1788
265:seigniorage
261:Kanjō bugyō
257:cupellation
109:Kanjō bugyō
66:Before the
1516:Categories
1453:1500s–1871
1368:Shu (gold)
960:B000J9VAPQ
700:References
598:60,624,280
588:文政七 – 文政三十
566:寛政二十 – 文政七
547:47,464,336
518:18,742,000
160:gold coins
54:Background
48:Edo period
1463:1573–1862
1443:1454–1879
1433:1404–1670
1423:1336–1870
1392:1837–1869
1388:Ichibugin
1382:1835-1870
1372:1824–1869
1362:1772–1869
1352:1714–1854
1348:Ichibuban
1342:1626–1868
1332:1601–1868
1171:(pre-yen)
537:明和九 – 天明八
508:慶應四 – 明治元
396:3.6 Momme
348:2.7 Momme
296:Material
229:Ichibuban
76:Ichibuban
1489:Hatamoto
1275:Huhonsen
432:Mintage
350:(10.19g)
319:(10.19g)
245:or Nanji
1429:Bitasen
1289:708–958
1269:667–672
1258:Pre-Edo
1251:Coinage
627:706,400
398:(13.5g)
374:(7.49g)
372:2 Momme
323:97.81%
290:Minted
280:Two Shu
171:Two Shu
151:文政南鐐一朱銀
121:One Shu
1186:Topics
958:
933:
908:
883:
858:
818:
793:
768:
660:Kansei
652:Kansei
622:– 1859
583:Bunsei
560:Kansei
479:嘉永六 –
444:Bunsei
325:silver
287:Image
191:Bunsei
137:Bunsei
44:silver
1402:Multi
1328:Koban
656:Meiwa
635:Notes
617:– 安政六
611:Ansei
605:2 Shu
578:2 Shu
554:2 Shu
531:Meiwa
525:2 Shu
496:1 Shu
467:1 Shu
438:1 Shu
316:Momme
293:Mass
233:Koban
222:南鐐二朱判
201:南鐐二朱銀
187:Meiwa
167:era.
165:Tenpō
141:Tenpō
83:Momme
81:Five
72:Koban
68:Meiwa
1459:Ōban
1128:2024
1103:2024
1078:2024
1053:2024
1025:2024
1000:2024
956:ASIN
931:ISBN
906:ISBN
881:ISBN
856:ISBN
816:ISBN
791:ISBN
766:ISBN
502:Keiō
473:Kaei
391:1859
329:gold
314:2.7
139:and
74:and
27:The
1449:Ryō
1419:Mon
1320:Edo
1309:760
1299:760
1279:683
189:to
180:二朱銀
98:ryō
91:五匁銀
85:Gin
30:Shu
22:Shu
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991:.
708:^
676:^
643:^
250:南挺
240:南鐐
130:朱銀
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1154:t
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