For this reason, an edict of Daijokan was issued to announce that the exchange of money would be terminated as of January 15, 1871, and that from this date on, the counterfeit money would be dealt with at the market price of a ground metal mixed of gold and silver (however, the exchange continued during the year only for the people who wished).
そのため、明治4年1月25日に引換を打ち切り、以後は金銀混合の地金として時価で扱うものとする太政官布告が出された（ただし、同年中は希望者には引換は継続されている）。