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  2. Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine - Wikipedia

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    This silver was given the highest trading credit in East Asia. From the 17th century on, the silver coins made from the mine's silver were traded as not only one of the basic currencies within Japan, but also as the currency for trade with China, Portugal, and the Netherlands.

  3. Japanese export porcelain - Wikipedia

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    Chinese export porcelain made for European markets was a well-developed trade before Japanese production of porcelain even began, but the Japanese kilns were able to take a significant share of the market from the 1640s, when the wars of the transition between the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty disrupted production of the Jingdezhen porcelain that made up the bulk of production for Europe ...

  4. Global silver trade from the 16th to 19th centuries - Wikipedia

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    By this time, the silver mines in Japan were largely depleted and the New World became China's primary source for silver. [30] Initially, Japan served as China's primary source for silver in the 16th century. [13] In exchange for silver, China would provide Japan with silk and gold. [30]

  5. List of Japanese coinage patterns - Wikipedia

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    The design for this pattern is unknown, it was struck in silver. [83] 20 Sen 8th 八 1919 KM-Pn51 The design for this pattern is unknown, it was struck in silver. [84] 20 Sen 10th 十 1921 KM-Pn54 The design for this pattern is similar to KM-Pn46, and is also counter stamped "mihon" (specimen). Both of these patterns are described as "very rare".

  6. Tada Silver and Copper Mine - Wikipedia

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    Due to a sudden drop in silver and copper prices that began in the autumn of 1907, it closed in 1908. The mine was reopened in 1944 by Japan Mining, and closed again in 1973. The Tada Silver and Copper Mine Museum of Eternity ( 多田銀銅山 悠久の館 , Tada gin dōzan yūkyūnoyakata ) was opened in 2007 to introduce the history of the ...

  7. Sado mine - Wikipedia

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    The Sado gold mine (佐渡金山, Sado Kinzan) is a generic term for gold and silver mines which were once located on the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among these mines, the Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine ( 相川金銀山 , Aikawa kinginzan ) was the largest and was in operation until the modern era.

  8. Shu (silver coin) - Wikipedia

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    Ball shaped nuggets used in Western Japan c.1736. Before the Meiwa period, Japan as a whole had previously been divided when it came to high-value transactions. While Koban and Ichibuban were commonly used in the East, in Western Japan coins were made up of ball and bar-shaped silver nuggets. The unstable and variable exchange rates between ...

  9. Countermarked yen ("Gin") - Wikipedia

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    These trade dollars were only produced until 1877 before being discontinued in 1878. Japan had officially switched to a bimetallic standard which made one yen silver coins legal tender throughout the country. [2] The Japanese government officially recalled and demonetized all silver one yen pieces and Trade Dollars in 1897.

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