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<p>[QUOTE="ziggy9, post: 5145866, member: 8360"]The Japanese Chogin was a coin that Circulated during the Shogunate. The Chogin was used primarily for commerce but had no specific value. the value of the coin was based on the silver content. This Chogin from the Tempo Era (Krause C#9b) measures 86 mm x 31 mm and weighs141.3 gms. the silver content is .261 making a total of 36.88 gms of silver. The Tempo Bu, the standard measure of currency at the time has approximately 8.64 gms. of silver making this bar worth 4.27 Bu.</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard[ATTACH=full]1207880[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1207881[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ziggy9, post: 5145866, member: 8360"]The Japanese Chogin was a coin that Circulated during the Shogunate. The Chogin was used primarily for commerce but had no specific value. the value of the coin was based on the silver content. This Chogin from the Tempo Era (Krause C#9b) measures 86 mm x 31 mm and weighs141.3 gms. the silver content is .261 making a total of 36.88 gms of silver. The Tempo Bu, the standard measure of currency at the time has approximately 8.64 gms. of silver making this bar worth 4.27 Bu. Richard[ATTACH=full]1207880[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1207881[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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