Yoshimune was opposed to recoinage because previous cases of recoinage punished the public, however, the object of the coinage was not to gain marginal profits but to increase money supply for its own sake.
吉宗は以前の改鋳が庶民を苦しめたこともあり、改鋳に否定的であったが、改鋳は差益を得る目的ではなく、純粋に通貨供給量を増やすものであった。