Silver coin - Gingen

Japanese: 銀元 - ぎんげん

In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, Western-style silver coins were first circulated, and foreign-made silver yuan (Western silver) was also circulated, but in response to this, silver coins were minted in China from 1889, gradually replacing the Western silver. In response to the Great Depression, the Nationalist government abolished the traditional ryo and made the silver yuan (Sun Yat-sen statue coin) the standard currency in 1933, but in the currency reform of 1935, it was replaced by legal tender (inconvertible paper money) and the circulation of the silver yuan was stopped.

Source: Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

清末期と中華民国で流通した西洋式銀貨
初め外国製銀元（洋銀）が流通したが，これに対抗して1889年以来中国で鋳造され，徐々に洋銀を駆逐。国民政府は世界恐慌に対処して，1933年従来の両を廃して銀元（孫文像幣）を本位貨幣としたが，35年の幣制改革で法幣（不換紙幣）にかえ，銀元の流通は停止された。

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