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.

Mintage

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Name Production Dates Composition[2] Specified Weight Number Minted

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Tenpo Ichibugin Tenpo year 8 – to Ansei year 1
(1837–1854)
Gold 0.21%/Silver 98.86%/Various 0.93% 8.62 grams 19,729,139
(78,916,556枚)
Ansei Ichibugin Ansei year 6 – Meiji year 1
(1859–1868)
Gold 0.07%/Silver 89.36%/Various 10.57% 8.62 grams 25,471,150両
(101,884,600枚)[4]
Kaheishi Ichibugin Meiji 1–2
(1868–1869)
Gold 0.09%/Silver 80.66%/Various 19.25% 8.62 grams 1,066,833両2分
(4,267,334枚)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Japanese Economy in the Tokugawa Era, 1600–1868 edited by Michael Smitka p.242 [1]
  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』