翻刻
金銀銭紙幣之変革
并米価諸色直段之事
一古代ゟ金銀銭紙幣之変革并米価
を初諸色之直段連年書継たる書秘蔵
せし老人有て其家を尋しに其人は死亡し
相続之主人は先頃東京へ引越右様之ものは
悉皆売払へる由何方の反古に成しや遺憾なから
無是非あちこちの書を穿鑿し慶長ゟ以来
書綴るといへとも年々連続せず右紛失之書に而は
米価最下之直段は銀七匁之事あり又近々
現代語訳
金銀銭紙幣の変革
並びに米価諸色値段の事
一、古代から金銀銭紙幣の変革並びに米価をはじめ諸色の値段を連年書き継いだ書物を秘蔵していた老人がいて、その家を訪ねたところ、その人は死亡しており、相続した主人は先頃東京へ引っ越し、そのような物はすべて売り払ったとのこと。どこの古紙になったのか遺憾ながらやむを得ず、あちこちの書物を調査し、慶長年間以来書き綴るといっても年々連続しておらず、右の紛失した書物では米価最安値の値段は銀七匁のことがあり、また最近では
英語訳
Changes in Gold, Silver, Copper Coins, and Paper Currency
Along with Rice Prices and Various Commodity Prices
One: There was an elderly person who had kept in secret storage books that recorded year by year the changes in gold, silver, copper coins, and paper currency from ancient times, as well as rice prices and the prices of various commodities. When I visited his house, that person had died, and the heir who inherited the property had recently moved to Tokyo and had sold all such items. It is regrettable that they have become waste paper somewhere, but having no choice, I investigated various books here and there. Although I compile records from the Keichō era onward, they are not continuous year by year. In those lost books, there were records of rice prices at their lowest being seven momme of silver, and also recently...