Located in the Osaka area where coinage was used heavily, it became the center of Chogin silver minting and continued to operate alongside other ginzas in Sunpu and later in Edo, until the ginza reform in 1800.
銀遣いの上方にあることから丁銀鋳造の中心地となり、駿河、後に江戸とともに貨幣鋳造を担い、これは寛政12年（1800年）の銀座改革まで続いた。