Senme-satsu was paper money with the following features: The face value was written in the unit of silver (monme, bu, or rin; each a monetary unit at that time) on it, but it was also written there that the money would be exchanged into zeni based on a certain gin (silver coin)-zeni exchange rate. 銭匁札とは、銀単位(匁・分・厘)の額面の札でありながら、時の銀-銭相場に従って銭で兌換することが明記されている紙幣を指す。 |