Currency exchanger blown vermilion silver

Japanese: 貨幣司吹一朱銀 - かへいしふきいっしゅぎん
Currency exchanger blown vermilion silver

…At that time, 1 shu of silver was equivalent to 250 mon, and it was used to pay the daily wages of laborers at the battery (cannon battery) that was being constructed for coastal defense on the shores of Shinagawa Bay (now Tokyo Bay), so it was also called "Odaiba." From April 1868 (Keio 4) to February 1869 (Meiji 2), the coinage office minted Fuki Isshu silver (also known as Fukitsugi Isshu silver). [Sakudo Yotaro]…

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Nutrients Fuki Isshu Gin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…当時,銀1朱は銭250文に相当しており,品川湾(現,東京湾)岸において沿岸防備の目的で築造中の台場(砲台)の人夫の日当の支払いに用いられていたので,一朱銀は〈お台場〉とも呼ばれた。慶応4年(1868)4月から翌明治2年(1869)2月まで,貨幣司吹一朱銀(別称,吹継一朱銀)が鋳造された。【作道 洋太郎】。…

※「貨幣司吹一朱銀」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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