Dry coin - Kanka

Japanese: 乾貨 - かんか
Dry coin - Kanka

…As international trade became more active in the second half of the 19th century, the transportation of grain, ore, metals, and other raw materials increased. The cargoes traded internationally were initially bulky cargoes and dry cargoes. When industrialization was still in its infancy, such cargoes were the main subject of international trade, but cargoes such as textiles, wool, tea, and metals were also widely transported. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "dry money" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…19世紀後半になって国際貿易が活発になるにつれて穀物,鉱石,金属,その他原材料の輸送がふえていった。国際取引の対象となる貨物は,当初はおもに大量に輸送される嵩高(かさだか)貨物bulky cargoであり,乾貨dry cargoであった。工業化がまだ未成熟であったときの国際取引の対象はこのような貨物が中心であり,繊維,羊毛,茶,金属類のような貨物なども広く輸送された。…

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