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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

Genroku Chogin, documented face Exact reverse image unavailable
As6673 · Public domain · representative Genroku Chogin; not every stamp arrangement · one face documented
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.

Early Edo Silver Recoinages Bank of Japan Currency Museum

Keicho, Genroku, and Hoei Chogin and Mameitagin fineness sequence.

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