Coins of Japan

coin from the Edo period of Japan

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.

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.

currency used in Japan until 1870

Japanese currency

Japanese coin from the Edo period

currency used in Ryukyu kingdom

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

obsolete Japanese coin

former currency in Japan

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 Japanese coin

Japanese coin

Japanese coin

former Japanese coin

lowest Japanese sen denomination

former Japanese coin