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1/2 Shu Takayama Prefecture Note
| Issuer | Takayama Prefecture |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Currency | Ryō (1595-1874) |
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| Obverse description | A locally issued note in the traditional Japanese woodblock-printed style, with text and decorative elements rendered in period calligraphic script. The face carries the denomination and issuing authority designations in vertical Japanese characters, typical of Meiji-era prefectural scrip. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE Bruxelles, le 6 Aôut 1906. 50 50 CINQUANTE FRANCS PAYABLE À VUE LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS. H. HENDRICKX DEL. INV. ALBERT DOMS SC. (Translation: National Bank Brussels, August 6th., 1906. Fifty Francs Payable on sight The law punishes the counterfeitor forced labor.) |
| Reverse description | Plain or lightly printed reverse consistent with mid-Meiji period local currency issues, bearing authentication text or decorative border elements in keeping with the conventions of Takayama Prefecture scrip of 1869. |
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