Representative transition issue

Early Meiji Ryō-Based Issues

A scoped transition study for Meiji-authority money still expressed through ryō-based units before the yen system.

明治初期両建貨幣

Obverse of an exact 1868–1869 Meiji 1 Bu Gin selected as the named representative for early Meiji ryō-based issues. — Early Meiji Japanese government coin; public-domain coin scan via Wikimedia Commons · approved precise-object cleanup and deterministic derivative preparation. · Public domain · Representative image; not the exact image of every issue described on this page.

Reverse of an exact 1868–1869 Meiji 1 Bu Gin selected as the named representative for early Meiji ryō-based issues. — Early Meiji Japanese government coin; public-domain coin scan via Wikimedia Commons · approved precise-object cleanup and deterministic derivative preparation. · Public domain · Representative image; not the exact image of every issue described on this page.

Date: 1868–1871 transition
Denomination: ryō-based
Form: mixed
Local status: Published

Context

Historical and monetary setting

Political authority changed before monetary units and circulating objects were fully replaced.

Identification

How to classify the evidence

The image identifies a named 1868–1869 Meiji 1 Bu Gin representative; other objects on this transition page require their own exact issue assignments.

Evidence boundary

What this page does not claim

This research page does not invent a single composite transitional coin identity; the exact Meiji 1 Bu Gin is visibly labeled as a representative of the broader group.

Issue evidence

Specifications and date record

Display date: 1868–1871 transition
Mass: —
Catalog fineness: —
Edge: —
Image status: cleared exact named representative
Identity confidence: medium

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Related transition references

Meiji Transitional Currency Bakumatsu and Early Meiji Coinage Foreign Silver in Japan New Currency Act of 1871 Early Meiji Gold Coinage Early Meiji Silver Coinage Early Meiji Copper and Bronze Coinage Japanese era-date guide

Evidence

Sources and scope

These links support the claims on this page. Source authority does not imply permission to republish source images.

History of Japanese Currency: Opening of the Country and Gold Outflow Bank of Japan Currency Museum

Treaty-port exchange, Mexican dollars, gold outflow, Man’en reform, transitional currency, and the 1871 decimal system.

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