Ministry of Finance Mint Bureau

Japanese: 大蔵省造幣局 - おおくらしょうぞうへいきょく
Ministry of Finance Mint Bureau

…In addition to clan notes, private banknotes were issued in various regions from the early modern period. In April 1871, the government opened the Mint Bureau (now the Ministry of Finance's Mint), and in May of the same year, it enacted the New Currency Act, adopting the yen as the unit of currency, replacing the Edo period's ryo, momme, and mon system. The new gold, silver, and copper coins were round, and the oval oban and koban, sea cucumber-shaped chogin, and small, irregularly shaped mameban coins of the Edo period were all unified into a round shape. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Ministry of Finance Mint Bureau" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…藩札のほかに民間紙幣の私札が近世初期から各地において発行された。 1871年4月,政府は造幣寮(現在の大蔵省造幣局)の開業に踏み切り,同年5月には新貨条例を制定して円という貨幣単位を採用し,江戸時代の両・匁・文の体制から切り替えた。新しい金貨・銀貨・銅貨は円形の貨幣となり,江戸時代の楕円形の大判・小判,なまこ形の丁銀,不定形の小粒であった豆板銀などが円形に統一された形状をもつことになった。…

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