Senme-satsu was a paper money with the following features: The face value was written in monme, bu, or rin (each a monetary unit at that time) of the silver unit, but it was also written there that the money would be exchanged into zeni (copper or iron coins) based on a certain gin (silver coin)-zeni exchange rate. 銭匁札とは、額面表記は銀の単位である匁・分・厘であるが、一定の銀-銭相場に従って銭で兌換することが明記されたものである。 |