1 yen gold coin

…In May of the following year, a new currency act was issued, making gold coins the standard, and the previous standard silver coins were allowed to be used in trade at open ports without restrictions in combination with German silver. The standard gold coin was 23.15 Troegeren in purity, and the trade silver coin was 374.4 Troegeren in purity, and the ratio of 101 yen to the standard gold coin was set at 101 yen, making the gold-silver ratio just over 1:16. Later, the fall in the price of silver in foreign countries encouraged the outflow of gold coins, and in 1975, 420 Troegeren in trade silver was minted. …

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…翌年5月新貨条例を発布して金貨を本位とし，先の本位銀貨は開港場の貿易用として制限なく洋銀と併用させた。本位金貨1円金貨は純分23.15トロイゲレーン，貿易用の1円銀貨は純分374.4トロイゲレーンで，この銀貨101円を本位金貨101円の割合と定め，金銀比価は1対16強である。その後外国の銀価下落により金貨流出を促すことになり，75年量目420トロイゲレーンの貿易銀を鋳造した。…

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