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1 Monme Nagasawa
| Issuer | Japan |
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| Year | 1730 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Japanese local hansatsu note of 1 Monme denomination, issued by the Nagasawa domain. The obverse carries period calligraphic inscriptions in vertical brush script, with the denomination and issuing authority rendered in traditional Japanese characters within a narrow, elongated format typical of Edo-period feudal paper currency. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of this narrow Edo-period hansatsu note, with vertical calligraphic inscriptions and authentication markings characteristic of Japanese feudal local currency. The layout follows the standard elongated format of 18th-century domain-issued silver-denomination notes. |
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Hansatsu — the class of notes to which this piece belongs — were issued by domain authorities, merchant guilds, or wealthy financiers operating under Tokugawa-period license. They circulated strictly within defined geographic boundaries, often a single han or a specific trade route, and were redeemable against commodities rather than specie. The monme denomination ties this note to silver-weight accounting, the dominant commercial unit in western Japan throughout the Edo period.
Nagasawa issues of this type are poorly documented in Western reference literature. The 1730 date places it squarely in a period of relative monetary stability before the Tanuma-era currency experiments of the 1770s began to destabilize hansatsu confidence.