However, the Tempo ichibu-gin silver coin was nominal money in that its face value was set higher than its bare metal value, but the grade of the silver coin was still higher than that of Spanish dollar.
だが、当時の天保一分銀の品位(等級)は洋銀に対して高いにも拘らず額面が地金価値よりも高く設定された名目貨幣であった。