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1 Silver monme Mibu Domain
| Issuer | Mibu Domain (Japanese feudal domain) |
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| Size | 145 × 43 mm |
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| Reverse description | Letterpress-printed in black. Three rectangular black authority stamps are applied to the reverse: one at the upper area and one each at the lower left and lower right corners. |
| Reverse lettering | 表書の通 此切手を 以相渡可申候 請引 郷 中 西加 繁 昌 村 紋 治 郎 西加 中 野 村 才 治 郎 (Translation: This bill can be redeemed for the amount shown on the front Guaranteed Gochu Saijiro living in Nakano-mura, guarantor of this bill) |
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Mibu Domain, a small han in Shimotsuke Province (present-day Tochigi Prefecture), issued paper currency backed by silver monme — a weight-based unit rather than a coined denomination. These domain notes, known broadly as hansatsu, circulated only within the issuing domain's commercial territory and were redeemable against the domain's own reserves. Acceptance outside that boundary was essentially zero.
Mibu's fiscal output was modest; the domain's assessed productivity (kokudaka) sat at just 20,000 koku, leaving little margin for overissuance without risking immediate loss of public trust in redemption.