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2 Fun Officers from Hanjō-Mura and Nakano-Mura
| Issuer | Mibu Domain (Japanese feudal domains) |
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| Year | 1858 |
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| Currency | Monme (1858-1871) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress in black on plain paper. Two Hōju Cintāmaṇi wish-fulfilling jewels emitting flame are arranged at the upper portion of the note. A red handstamp appears toward the centre, with vertical column inscriptions in classical Japanese characters occupying the full face. |
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| Reverse description | Letterpress in black on plain paper. The face is divided into horizontal registers bearing vertical columns of cursive Japanese script. Three rectangular seal stamps are applied in black ink — one at the upper register and two at the lower corners — each bearing official domain text. |
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Mibu Domain in Shimotsuke Province was a small fudai holding, and its paper currency operated entirely within that local economy — these notes were not redeemable outside domain borders. The "Fun" denomination is a subdivision of the Momme weight standard used in silver accounting, placing this firmly in the commodity-linked monetary system that ran parallel to Tokugawa coinage. What makes this issue unusual is the dual village attribution: Hanjō-Mura and Nakano-Mura are named as issuing officers rather than a central domain treasury, suggesting decentralized issuance authority at the village administrative level.
1858 was the year Japan signed the Ansei Treaties, which cracked open foreign trade and began the currency dislocations that would destabilize domain notes within a decade.