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 | | One ruler, Lord Takeda minted gold coins during this period, with the denominations of ryo, bu, and su, according to their gold weight. |
 | | It called for the minting of Western style coins, redenominated the currency into a decimal system of yen, sen, and rin, and put the country on the gold standard. |
 | | The Bank of Japan Law, passed in 1942, officially rendered paper currency nonconvertible, and put the country on a managed, fiat currency system, which it has today. |
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