緡さし

noun

coin string; slender rope for coins

Historical term for the thin rope passed through the square holes of old Japanese coins to bundle them. Now mostly encountered in historical or numismatic contexts.

See also: 緡縄 (さしなわ)

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、銭ぜにを緡さしに通とおして持もち運はこんだ。

  In the Edo period, people carried coins by threading them onto a string.

noun, counter

string of 100 mon; bundle of coins

Specifically refers to a standard bundle of 100 mon coins strung together. Also used as a counter for such bundles. Historical term.

• 一ひと緡さしの銭ぜには百ひゃく文もんに相そう当とうした。

  One string of coins was equivalent to 100 mon.