Bunsei gold and silver

Japanese: 文政金銀 - ぶんせいきんぎん

A general term for gold and silver coins that were newly minted or reminted during the Bunsei recoinage in the Edo period from 1818 to 1812. Gold coins included ichishu gold, ichibu gold, nibu gold, and koban coins, while silver coins included ichishu silver, nishu silver, chogin, and mameban silver. These coins were minted with the aim of obtaining remintage profits (depreciating the purity of coins to make a profit from the difference) in order to overcome the deterioration of the shogunate's finances, and were significantly inferior to older coins such as the Keicho gold and silver, Genroku gold and silver, and Genbun gold and silver coins.

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Japanese:

江戸時代，文政1 (1818) ～12年の文政改鋳の際，新鋳，改鋳された金・銀貨幣の総称。金貨幣には一朱金，一分金，二分金，小判など，銀貨幣には一朱銀，二朱銀，丁銀 (ちょうぎん) ，豆板銀などがあった。幕府財政悪化を打開するため改鋳益金 (品位を落して差額を収益とする) 入手を目的として鋳造されたもので慶長金銀，元禄金銀，元文金銀などの古貨に比べ著しく劣悪だった。

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