粒つぶ銀ぎん

noun

small silver coin of the Edo period

Historical term for a type of small silver coinage used during the Edo period. Not in modern currency use.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、粒つぶ銀ぎんが小しょう額がくの取とり引ひきに使つかわれた。

  During the Edo period, small silver coins called tsubugin were used for small transactions.