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Created page with "*''Japanese'': 琉球通宝 ''(Ryuukyuu tsuuhou)'' ''Ryûkyû tsûhô'' was a coinage produced in Satsuma han beginning in 1862, as part of a scheme by the late [[Shi..."
*''Japanese'': 琉球通宝 ''(Ryuukyuu tsuuhou)''
''Ryûkyû tsûhô'' was a coinage produced in [[Satsuma han]] beginning in [[1862]], as part of a scheme by the late [[Shimazu Nariakira]] to rebuild his domain's economy. Use of the copper ''Ryûkyû tsûhô'' coins was officially limited to Satsuma and [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], but in practice did not end up being circulated in Ryûkyû.
The coins were elliptical in shape, emulating the ''Tenpô tsûhô'' coins issued by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in the 1780s, with each being worth 100 ''[[currency|mon]]''. Later, they began to be made more circular, and these ended up circulating into other [[provinces of Japan|provinces]].
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43409-storytopic-121.html Ryûkyû tsûhô]." Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Economics]]
''Ryûkyû tsûhô'' was a coinage produced in [[Satsuma han]] beginning in [[1862]], as part of a scheme by the late [[Shimazu Nariakira]] to rebuild his domain's economy. Use of the copper ''Ryûkyû tsûhô'' coins was officially limited to Satsuma and [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], but in practice did not end up being circulated in Ryûkyû.
The coins were elliptical in shape, emulating the ''Tenpô tsûhô'' coins issued by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in the 1780s, with each being worth 100 ''[[currency|mon]]''. Later, they began to be made more circular, and these ended up circulating into other [[provinces of Japan|provinces]].
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==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-43409-storytopic-121.html Ryûkyû tsûhô]." Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia, 沖縄コンパクト事典, Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 March 2003.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Economics]]