改かい鋳ちゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

reminting; recasting

Technical term for melting down old coins and minting new ones. Used in historical, economic, or numismatic contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、幕ばく府ふはしばしば貨か幣へいを改かい鋳ちゅうした。

  During the Edo period, the shogunate often reminted coins.

• 改かい鋳ちゅう