1 Monme

Issuer Ashimori Domain (Japanese feudal domains)
Year 1730
Type Local banknote
Value 1 Monme
Currency Monme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874)
Composition Paper
Size 157 × 39 mm
Shape Rectangular
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Obverse description Black print; red overstamp. Full length figure of Benzaiten front-facing, sitting, holding key, sword, and lotus, at the top, several vertical text boxes in the middle. Vertical inscriptions surrounded by Seigaiha waves motif at bottom. Red stamp in the middle.
Obverse lettering 享   備
保 銀 中
十   足
五 壹 守
庚  銀
戌 匁 榜
歳 

阪大 石明
帋屋集助
白木屋条助

(Translation: Bitchū Ashimori silver Silver one Monme Kyōhō fifteenth Fire Dog year)
Reverse description Black print; red overstamps. Motif at the top, vertical inscriptions below. Red stamps upper and lower.
Reverse lettering 陰陽者太極之分殊五行
者侌陽之分殊侌陽旡窮
五行旡竭蘓戊羅無根阿
踞巳弘蔓枝葉作錢弐銀
印覃充國中富民物
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Numisquare ID 4582188630
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