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2 Bu Minbushō-satsu

Issuer Minbushō (Ministry of Popular Affairs)
Year 1869-1870
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Composition Paper
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Obverse description Black letterpress print with red and blue overstamps on a vertical format note. The upper register bears the denomination in vertical script within an ornate scrollwork frame incorporating Chrysanthemum seals and five-seven Paulownia seals, with a red circular stamped seal applied over the denomination; a blue rectangular stamped seal appears between the upper and lower frames. The lower register contains vertical inscriptions within a frame of two confronting dragons, reading right to left.
Obverse lettering 金貮分


民部省
通商司
(Translation: Gold two Bu Inspect Trust Ministry of Popular Affairs Commerce Office)
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Reverse lettering 明治己巳發行
確證
(Translation: Meiji [year] tsuchinoto-mi (Year of the Earth-Snake) issue Confirm)
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