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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 561539, member: 17919&quot;]Actually, the 100-mon coin was originally equal to 1/40 of a ryo, which was a huge sum of money in shogunate Japan-- it is said that one ryo was the equivalent of 100,000 yen, or $1000, today. So instead of being only worth 25 cents in its early days, it would be more like $25.00-- at least, before the arrival of Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan. The value may well have dropped after it became clear to the Japanese that Western traders would much rather receive, for example, 2-shu-kin coins (or rather, mini-ingots), which contained some gold (about a half gram), rather than the equivalent amount in&nbsp; 100-mon copper coins (five 100-mon coins were equal to one 2-shu-kin coin).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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