Ōban - Wikipedia

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Maneki Neko, with Ōban attached to collar

An Ōban (大判) was a monetary ovoid gold plate, and the largest denomination of Tokugawa coinage. Tokugawa coinage worked according to a triple monetary standard, using gold, silver and bronze coins, each with their own denominations.^[1]

The first Oban – Tenshō Ōban (天正大判) – were minted by the Gotō family under the orders of Hideyoshi in 1588.^[2]

The Tenshō Ōban was equivalent to ten Ryōs, or ten Koban (小判) plates, with a weight of 165 g.

Notes

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^ Metzler p.15
^ The Cambridge History of Japan: Early modern Japan by John Whitney Hall p.61 [1]

References

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Mark Metzler (2006). Lever of empire: the international gold standard and the crisis of liberalism in prewar Japan. Vol. 17 of Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-24420-6.

Japanese currency (pre-yen)

Topics

Coinage

Pre-Edo	Mumonginsen 667–672 Huhonsen 683 Wadōkaichin 708–958 Kaiki Shoho 760 Taihei Genpō 760
Edo	Koban 1601–1868 Kan'ei Tsūhō 1626–1868 Ichibuban 1714–1854 Shu (silver) 1772–1869 Shu (gold) 1824–1869 Tenpō Tsūhō 1835-1870 Ichibugin 1837–1869
Multi	Chinese coinage c. 1101–1700 Mon 1336–1870 Bitasen 1404–1670 Ryukyuan mon 1454–1879 Ryō 1500s–1871 Ōban 1573–1862

Paper currency