洋銀

ようぎん

Meanings

1. Noun German silver; nickel silver
2. silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods

Kanji

• 洋 ocean. Read as ヨウ.
• 銀 silver. Read as ギン.

Words containing 洋銀

• 北洋銀行 (ほくようぎんこう) North Pacific Bank
• 太平洋銀行 (たいへいようぎんこう) (former) Pacific Bank (failed in 1996)

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