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』

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

[koga-2] 甲賀宜政『古金銀調査明細録』 1930年

[shinkyukingin-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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Mintage

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