Ichibugin

Ichibugin

The Ichibugin (一分銀) was a monetary unit of Japan. The Ichibugin was worth a Quarter Ryo, and later, it was deemed that 3 could be exchanged for either a USA or Mexican Silver Dollar.[1] The Ichibugin was made of Silver with trace amounts of gold and other elements.

A silver Ichibugin.

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Notes

  1. The Japanese Economy in the Tokugawa Era, 1600–1868 edited by Michael Smitka p.242
  2. 甲賀宜政 『古金銀調査明細録』 1930年
  3. 『新旧金銀貨幣鋳造高并流通年度取調書』 大蔵省、1875年
  4. 28,480,900両(113,923,600枚)の記録もあり。小葉田淳 『日本の貨幣』 至文堂、1958年、『新旧金銀貨幣鋳造高并流通年度取調書』

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