Silver coin

Japanese: 銀貨 - ぎんか
Silver coin

A coin made from silver. It is believed that the first silver coins with a fixed shape, fineness, and weight were minted in Greece around the 7th century BC. In Japan, the Wado silver coin is the oldest, but the oldest silver coin in full circulation is the Keicho silver coin. Silver coins have been considered standard currency alongside gold coins since ancient times, but because silver was produced in greater areas and in greater quantities, silver coins were actually used more often, and were particularly widely used in Mediterranean trade in the 13th and 14th centuries. However, as the gold standard came into widespread use in the second half of the 19th century, silver coins generally came to be used as secondary currency.

[Horiie Bunkichirō]

[Reference] | Coinage | Silver | Keicho Gold and Silver

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

銀を素材とする鋳貨。鋳貨として一定の形状、品位、量目をもつ銀貨が最初に鋳造されたのは紀元前7世紀ごろのギリシアであったとされる。日本では和同(わどう)銀銭が最古であるが、本格的に流通した銀貨でもっとも古いのは慶長(けいちょう)銀である。銀貨は金貨と並んで古くから本位貨幣とされたが、銀のほうが産地や産出量が多かったので、実際には銀貨のほうが利用されることが多く、とくに13、14世紀には地中海貿易で広く用いられた。しかし19世紀後半になると金本位制度が広く行われるようになったため、銀貨は一般には補助貨幣となるに至った。

[堀家文吉郎]

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