1 Ryō Dajōkan-satsu

€399,349.00
IssuerJapan
Year1868-1869
TypeStandard banknote
Value1 Ryō
CurrencyRyō (1595-1874)
CompositionPaper
Size133 × 45 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation toNovember 1879
Reference(s) JNDA#10-4
Obverse descriptionBlack print; red overstamps. At the top, vertical denomination, inside frame of scrollwork with Chrysanthemum Seals and 5-7 Paulownia Seals. At the bottom, vertical inscriptions inside frame of two dragons, reads from right to left column at the bottom. Red stamped circle seal on denomination.
Reverse descriptionBlack print; red overstamps. Vertical inscriptions, inside frame of two Hōō phoenixes top and bottom, with iridescent clouds over paulownia leaves. Red stamped seal at the end of right column of the inscriptions.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering金壹兩

太政官
會計局
(Translation: Gold one Ryō Trust Great Council of State Accounting Office)
Reverse lettering慶應戊辰發行
元締
通用十三年限
(Translation: Keiō [year] tsujinoe-tatsu (Year of the Earth-Dragon) issue Motojime Circulaion Thirteen years limit)
Variants
Catalog ID6201028210
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