Although its content of gold was decreased by more than 20 percent, the price was only 1 percent lower from the Keicho Oban, and when compared with Genroku-Koban, the content of gold in the Oban was equivalent to nine-ryo one-bu and its market price was as much as seven-ryo two-bu.
二割以上の品位低下にも拘らず慶長大判との引換は1%の増歩しか付けられず、また、元禄大判の相場は元禄小判に対し、含有金量では九両一分に相当したが、相場は七両二分程度であった。