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Tokugawa coinage

Tokugawa coinage was a unitary and independent metallic monetary system established by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1601 in Japan, and which lasted throughout the Tokugawa period until its end in 1867.[1]

Genroku gold Nishuban (1695-1710)

Genroku gold Nishuban (1695-1710)

Bunsei gold Isshuban (1819-1828)

Bunsei gold Isshuban (1819-1828)

Kaei silver Isshuban (1853-1865)

Kaei silver Isshuban (1853-1865)

Silver koban of Sagami Province, called Odawara Hishi (小田原菱)

Silver koban of Sagami Province, called Odawara Hishi (小田原菱)

Silver Nanryō Ōban (南鐐大判)

Silver Nanryō Ōban (南鐐大判)

Gold Genbun Inari Koban (元文稲荷小判)

Gold Genbun Inari Koban (元文稲荷小判)

Despite Tokugawa Ieyasu's strong will to unify the currency, there were still some local exceptions, with locally made currency.

Metzler, Mark (2006). . Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power. Vol. 17. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-24420-6.

Lever of empire: the international gold standard and the crisis of liberalism in prewar Japan