CURRENCIE ·
Japanese ryō (gold)
The gold-standard currency unit of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Statushistorical
Start1601
Minor unitbu
History
Standardized from the Keicho koban of 1601; the official 1609 rate was 1 ryo = 50 monme silver = 4,000 mon copper. Abolished by the New Currency Act of 1871.
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