豆まめ板いた銀ぎん

noun

mameitagin; Edo-period silver currency lump

A small, bean-shaped lump of silver used as currency during the Edo period. This is a historical term; modern readers may encounter it in contexts about old Japanese money.

• 豆まめ板いた銀ぎんは江え戸ど時じ代だいの銀ぎん貨かの一いっ種しゅです。

  Mameitagin is a type of silver coin from the Edo period.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで豆まめ板いた銀ぎんの展てん示じを見みました。

  I saw an exhibit of mameitagin at the museum.