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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 567318, member: 17919&quot;]Here&#039;s a set of coins that were circulating in Japan during the waning days of the Shogunate, and for a few years after the Shogunate was ended. The total value was 1 ryo, a very hefty sum in those days. One ryo is said to have been the equivalent of 100,000 yen-- or $1000-- today. And the biggest silver coin in this picture-- an Ansei ichibu-gin-- weighed a minuscule 8.63 grams and contained 87.6% silver-- yet it was worth 1/4 of a ryo! No wonder the Americans and other Westerners were eager to open Japan to trade in the 1850s-- precious metals were worth far more in Japan![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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