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.

Mintage


Name	Production Dates	Composition^[2]	Specified Weight	Number Minted ^[3]
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両（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）

Notes

^ The Japanese Economy in the Tokugawa Era, 1600–1868 edited by Michael Smitka p.242 [1]
^ 甲賀宜政『古金銀調査明細録』 1930年
^ 『新旧金銀貨幣鋳造高并流通年度取調書』大蔵省、1875年
^ 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』

Japanese currency (pre-yen)

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Coinage

Pre-Edo	Mumonginsen 667–672 Huhonsen 683 Kocho Junisen 708–958 Kaiki Shoho 760 Taihei Genpō 760
Edo	Koban 1601–1868 Kan'ei Tsūhō 1626–1868 Ichibuban 1714–1854 Shu (silver) 1772–1869 Shu (gold) 1824–1869 Tenpō Tsūhō 1835-1870 Ichibugin 1837–1869
Multi	Chinese coinage & imitations c. 1101–1700 Mon 1336–1870 Bitasen 1404–1670 Ryukyuan mon 1454–1879 Ryō 1500s–1871 Ōban 1573–1862

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