◆History of Japanese Currencies ◆

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Emergence of Japanese Currency(B.C.-A.D.11)
	1.	Origin of Japanese Currency
	2.	First Japanese Currency
	3.	Copper Coins of Ancient Japan
Use of Chinese Coins(A.D.12-16)
	4.	Use of Imported Chinese Coins
	5.	Use of Privately Minted Japanese Coins
Establishment of Japanese Currency System (16th century to 19th century)
	6.	Gold and Silver Coins Minted by Local Lords
	7.	Gold and Silver Coins Minted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
	8.	Currency Issued by the Tokugawa Shogunate Government
	9.	Emergence of Paper Money
	10.	Gold Coins in Edo Period
	11.	Minting of Gold Coins
	12.	Silver Coins in Edo Period
	13.	Circulation of Gold and Silver Coins in Edo Period
	14.	Base Metal Coins in Edo Period
	15.	Oban (thin oval gold coins) in Edo Period
Period of the "Yen"(19th century to the present)
	16.	Paper Money immediately aftter the Meiji Restoration
	17.	Birth of the "Yen"
	18.	Government Notes
	19.	National Banknotes
	20.	Foundation of the Bank of Japan
	21.	Bank of Japan Notes
	22.	Enactment of the "Coins Law"
	23.	Paper Money under the "Managed Currency System"
	24.	Currency during World War II
	25.	World War II Military Currency
	26.	New Banknotes after the War

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