Mom tagin

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Mameitagin ( Japanese 豆 板 銀 , mameitagin ) are silver coins from Japan in different denominations. The round, embossed silver lumps are also known as "bean silver".

The size varies from small ( 慶 長 豆 板 銀 , Keichō mameitagin ), also known as bunsai , to large ( 慶 長 丁 銀 , Keichō chōgin ). Weights from 3 grams to about 15 grams and diameters from 1.2 cm to over 4 cm were embossed. The minting location was Ginza in Edo , today's Tokyo . The coins, which are very rare today, were valid as a means of payment in the first half of the 19th century, i.e. the time of the Tokugawa shogunate . This was mainly the case in the Tempō period (1830–1844).

The embossing is on both sides, on the one hand signs are stamped, which symbolize the era and enable dating. On the other hand, there is always the symbol for the Japanese god of wealth Diakokusama.

  • Eiji

  • Hoji

  • Bunji

  • Shin-bunji