this resulted in small money that was given in exchange for a simple chore , such as a child going shopping , being called ' (o )dachin .' このため、転じて子供の買い物など簡単な雑用と引換に貰う小銭のことを「（お）駄賃」と呼ぶようになった。
the coins were made of copper and circulated as a value of 1 mon (a unit name and value of small money at the time ); however , in japan one eiraku-tsuho coin was valued at 4 mons of bitasen (low quality coins with surfaces worn away ) from the tensho years . 材質は銅製、貨幣価値は1文として通用したが、日本では天正年間より永楽通宝1枚が鐚銭4文分と等価とされた。
in the past , when a mago (packhorse driver ) went to pick up packages to transport at the request of a warehouse merchant in a distant town , they would often accept another package from someone else to transport on the way , gaining dachin and earning small money . その昔、馬子が離れた町の問屋などの依頼によって輸送をする荷物を依頼主のもとまで取りに行く際に、途中において他者の荷物の輸送を引き受けて駄賃を受けることによって小銭を稼ぐことがしばしば行われた。
