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100 Mon Kumihama Prefecture

Issuer Kumihama Prefecture Commerce Office
Year 1868
Type Local banknote
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Obverse description Letterpress in black with red seal overstamp. The upper portion carries the vertical denomination in Chinese regular script (楷書), flanked on the left by a wave border and on the right by an upward-facing dragon vignette. The lower portion contains vertical inscriptions arranged in columns reading right to left, set within a double-circle border with a seigaiha (overlapping waves) square motif. A circular red seal is stamped over the denomination area.
Obverse lettering 錢百文

久美濵縣
商法會所
(Translation: Cash Hundred Mon / Prefecture / Kumihama Prefecture / Commerce Office)
Reverse description Letterpress in black with red seal overstamps. The upper section carries vertical inscriptions in columns reading right to left, stating the Meiji-era issue date and the five-year circulation limit. A rectangular cartouche at lower center contains a vertical inscription in Chinese seal script (篆書), and a lozenge-shaped frame at the base encloses a further inscription. A circular red seal is stamped at the rightmost column of text.
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