Representative Edo issue
Genroku Chogin: Weight-Valued Bar Silver
Genroku Chogin belong to the 1695 silver recoinage and continued the elongated weight-valued silver form at a lower catalog fineness.
元禄丁銀Genroku Chōgin
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- Years
- From 1695
- Metal branch
- silver
- Value or unit
- weight-valued silver
- Catalog fineness
- 64%
Context
Historical and monetary setting
Silver exchange depended on weighing and assaying conventions within Ginza-administered production.
Identification
How to classify the object
Irregular outline, era character, stamps, fabric, weight, and alloy context must be considered together.
Evidence boundary
What this page does not claim
A representative Chogin image does not establish the reverse, mass, or marks of every specimen.
Evidence
Sources and scope
These links support the claims on this page. Source authority does not imply permission to republish source images.
Keicho, Genroku, and Hoei Chogin and Mameitagin fineness sequence.
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