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| Issuer | Kumihama Prefecture Commerce Office (商法會所) |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress in black with red seal impressions on a narrow vertical format. The upper register carries the vertical denomination in Chinese regular script (kaisho), flanked by a wave-pattern border on the left and an upward-facing dragon vignette oriented leftward on the right. The lower register presents vertical column inscriptions arranged within a double-circle medallion set against a seigaiha (overlapping wave) ground, all enclosed within a square frame, with a red circular seal stamp applied beneath the denomination. |
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| Reverse description | Letterpress in black with multiple red overstamp impressions on a narrow vertical format. The upper portion carries vertical column inscriptions in Chinese regular script arranged right to left, with red floral seal stamps applied above; a vertical inscription in Chinese seal script (tensho) appears within a rectangular cartouche at lower centre, and a further inscription is contained within a rhombus at the foot of the note, with a red hanawachigai (interlocking-ring) stamp applied to the middle register. |
| Reverse lettering | 明治紀元發行 通用五年限 權克 貨幣 (壽思?) (Translation: Issued in the Meiji era; Circulation limit of five years; Authority/克; Currency; (uncertain characters)) |
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