1 Silver Monme private issue, Oono-gumi

€314,976.00
IssuerJapan
Year1869
TypeLocal banknote
Value1 Monme
CurrencyMonme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874)
CompositionPaper
Size119 × 32 mm
ShapeRectangular
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No. printed
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Obverse descriptionEbisu, one of the Seven Gods of Luck, patron of fisherman and tradesmen on top.
Reverse descriptionStylized water drop on top, date below, several stamps in center - on top of the issuer name, names of exchangers at bottom.  Large handwritten calligraphy covering most of the field.
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代諸
銀物
預品

切農
手商
(Translation: One monme of silver Various things and goods charge a silver deposit Agriculture and commerce stamp)
Reverse lettering巳己治明





橋杉平萩
下山野原
弥利助宗
兵三
一衛郎平
(Translation: Meiji era, year of the yīn earth snake (1869)  Oono-gumi Sohei Hagiwara Sukesaburo Hirano Toshibei Sugiyama Yaichi Hashishita)
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Catalog ID4442062380
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