The Tenpo-tsuho coins immobilized and exchanged during the Meiji period totaled 586,740,000 which is 100 million more coins than those minted at the kin-za and the Kaheishi, and considering not all the Tenpo-tsuho coins were immobilized, the number of coins secretly minted is thought the be around 200 million.
明治時代に引換回収された天保通寳は5億8674万枚にも上り、これは金座および貨幣司が鋳造したものを1億枚以上も上回る数であり、かつ流通高のすべてが回収されたわけではないため、密鋳は2億枚程度に達したものと思われる。