In the end, the situation was thought to be that counterfeit money, including those that circulated abroad, were mostly thrown away and handled as metal, in essence, under the cover of the confusion during the beginning of the Meiji period.
結局は海外への流出分も含めて実質的には明治初期の混乱に乗じて殆どが切り捨てられて地金扱いされたのが実態であったとされている。