Mameitagin were used widely, as they enabled each payment by weighing them with a portable Ginbakari (scale for silver) and were exchanged into silver coins at money changers as needed because they were easier to carry than cash in Zenisashi (a string to bundle coins).
豆板銀については持ち運び可能な銀秤（ぎんばかり）により随時秤量しての支払いが可能であり、また現金を銭緡（ぜにさし）で持ち歩くよりも携帯に便利で、適宜両替商で銭貨に替えて使用するなど、重宝された。