The first physical rin denomination was introduced in 1873 with the 1 rin coin (with the 5 rin coin introduced in 1916), as until that time the rin had existed only as an accounting unit (10 rin = 1 sen). So while not all mon were valued equally, their metal kind counted after the transition to decimal sen: bronze was valued more highly than copper. Official exchange for coins from 1871.6.27: 4 copper mon = 2 rin, 1 bronze mon = 1 rin (1 rin = 1/10 of a sen). ĭuring the co-existence of the mon with the sen between 18, the metal content of the old currency became important. Due to the missing small coinage, the Japanese posts issued their first stamps (Meiji 4.3.1 / 1871.4.20) in mon and fixed postal rates in mon until April 1872 (Meiji 5.2.28). From January 1, 1954, onward, the mon became invalid: postwar inflation had removed sen, mon etc. So the mon coins (1, 4, 100, 250 mon etc.) remained a necessity for ordinary peoples commodities and were allowed to circulate until 31st December 1891. Smaller sen coins did not appear before spring, 1873. The yen started to replace the old non-decimal denominations in 1870: in the 3rd quarter of 1870, the first new coins appeared, namely 5, 10, 50 sen silver and 2, 5, 10, 20 Yen. ![]() In 1869, due to depreciation against gold, the new fixing officially was set for 1 ryō/yen = 1,000 mon. Coins denominated in mon were cast in copper or iron and circulated alongside silver and gold ingots denominated in shu, bu and ryō, with 4000 mon = 16 shu = 4 bu = 1 ryō. Throughout Japanese history, there were many styles of currency of many shapes, styles, designs, sizes and materials, including gold, silver, bronze, etc. The Kanji for mon is 文 and the character for currency was widely used in the Chinese-character cultural sphere, e.g. It co-circulated with the new sen until 1891. ![]() The mon ( 文) was the currency of Japan from the Muromachi period in 1336 until the early Meiji period in 1870. This shows the foundry technique to make the coins: the coins would then be clipped and filed to obtain the final round shape. Branched ("Edasen" 枝銭) Mon coins of the Bunkyū period. The top coins were each worth 4 mon the middle and bottom coins were worth 1 mon each.
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