Cross-country learning guide
Trade Silver across East Asia
A bounded chronology of Spanish-American, Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Taiwan, and treaty-port silver contexts.
- Routes
- 14
- Relationships
- 8
- Ports
- 8
- Status
- Published
Chronology
From maritime silver to bounded national reforms
Dutch and Spanish trade drew silver into Taiwan's maritime exchange setting.
Mexican independence changed the issuing authority while the large silver-dollar trade role continued.
The first treaty-port system widened institutional channels for foreign trade; coin acceptance still varied by port.
Mexican dollars entered the treaty exchange system; the official 改三分定 countermark had a short, bounded use.
Japan issued the 420-grain Trade Yen as a separate trade coin.
Contemporary reports distinguished port-by-port circulation, customs valuation, and premiums for Mexican and other dollars.
Korea's modern currency rules established a silver standard while addressing domestic and foreign coins.
Japan continued producing silver yen for Taiwan after domestic demonetization, ending after the 1914 production.
A central-government Chinese dragon dollar provides one documented endpoint in a wider, non-uniform silver-dollar development.
The Taiwan dollar replaced the Taiwanese yen at par in 1946; the New Taiwan dollar replaced the old unit at 1:40,000 in 1949.
Accessible network
Origins, exchange centers, circulation, and marks
Arrows show documented relationship directions, not a single pipeline or fixed border map.
- Origin where a coin was issued or minted
- Exchange center where value or customs treatment was negotiated
- Mark location a separate post-strike event when supported
Source trail