Currencies of Japan

official currency of Japan

the central bank of Japan

coin from the Edo period of Japan

museum

thumb|Silver coin, 8th century, Japan. Japan Currency Museum. thumb|Wadōkaichin copper coin. thumb|The Chinese Kāiyuán Tōngbǎo coin (開元通寶), first minted in 621 CE in [[Chang'an, was the model for the Japanese wadōkaichin.]] , also romanized as Wadō-kaichin or called Wadō-kaihō, is the oldest official Japanese coinage, first mentioned for 29 August 708 on order of Empress Genmei. It was long considered to be the first type of coin produced in Japan. Analyses of several findings of Fuhon-sen (富夲銭) in Asuka have shown that those coins were manufactured from 683.

The was a gold currency unit in the shakkanhō system in pre-Meiji Japan. It was eventually replaced with a system based on the yen.

currency of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces

currency issued by the Japanese Military Authority

smallest denomination of the Japanese yen currency

building in Kita-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

thumb|The Ōban (大判) was the largest denomination, valued at 10 Ryōs. Here, a [[Keichō Ōban, minted from 1601.]] thumb|Maneki Neko, with Ōban attached to collar An Ōban (大判) was a monetary ovoid gold plate, and the largest denomination of Tokugawa coinage. Tokugawa coinage worked according to a triple monetary standard, using gold, silver and bronze coins, each with their own denominations. thumb|left|Keichō gold coinage: Ōban, Koban, [[Ichibuban, 1601–1695.]] The first Oban – Tenshō Ōban (天正大判) – were minted by the Gotō family under the orders of Hideyoshi in 1588.

trade coins issued by various countries

currency used in Japan until 1870

low denomination of Japanese yen

military currency used after World War II

denomination of Japanese yen

Japanese paper money

Japanese paper currency

highest circulating denomination of Japanese yen coinage

the bundling of cash coins into a string

rarely circulated denomination of Japanese yen

Japanese yen banknote

denomination of Japanese yen

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Denomination

monetary system in Japan

ancient Japanese coins

aspect of history

Japanese currency

currency used in Ryukyu kingdom

Japanese coin from the Edo period

Japanese yen note

Old Japanese Sen coins that were 1 hundredth of 1 Japanese Yen and discontinued since 1953

Japanese government agency, produces banknotes

obsolete Japanese coin

Japanese form of paper money during the Edo period

The (lit: "one gold bu") was a monetary unit of Japan. The Ichibuban was a gold coin that was worth a quarter of a Koban.

former currency in Japan

former Japanese coin

Japanese commemorative coin

Japanese currency denomination (1872–1948)

Former Japanese coin

Japanese sen note

Japanese yen note

former denomination of Japanese yen paper currency

Japanese coin

lowest Japanese sen denomination

Japanese yen note

former Japanese coin

Japanese coin

(aka: Daijōkwansatsu) refers to the first paper currency that was issued by the Imperial Japanese government (Daijō-kan) during the early Meiji era. These notes were issued from 1868 to 1869 as non-convertible fiat currency and circulated until they were gradually exchanged for Meiji Tsuho notes.