1 Silver Monme Nagasawa City

Issuer Japan
Year 1730
Type Local banknote
Value 1 Monme
Currency Monme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874)
Composition Paper
Size 163 × 31 mm
Shape Rectangular
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Obverse description Daikoku in top section, value in the middle and stylised vine framing winding pattern at the bottom.
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(Translation: Mikawa no Kuni Region, Local “check”, issued during the Kyoho Era year 15)
Reverse description Tea pot
Reverse lettering
(Translation: Achi Prefecture, Nagasawa City, Town and Location: Sanshu Nagawa Tsubai cho, By the infamous merchant Kyushichi Obiya (Obikyu) of the Hikikae sho (the “trading place”))
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 8930078800
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