Black 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 description
Black 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)
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Protection description
Obverse lettering
金拾兩 信 太政官 會計局 (Translation: Gold ten 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)