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2 Kanmon

Issuer Kumihama Prefecture Commerce Office (商法會所)
Year 1868
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Composition Paper
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Obverse description Letterpress in black with red seal impressions. The upper portion bears a vertical denomination in Chinese regular script (kaisho), flanked by a wave-pattern border on the left and an upward-facing dragon looking left on the right. The lower portion contains vertical columnar inscriptions within a double-circle medallion set against a seigaiha (overlapping wave scales) ground pattern enclosed in a square, with a red circular seal stamped over the lower section of the denomination.
Obverse lettering 錢貮貫文
(役?)縣
久美濵縣
商法會所
(Translation: Cash Two Kan Mon Prefecture ? Kumihama Prefecture Commerce Office)
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Reverse lettering 明治紀元發行
通用五年限
權克
貨幣
(壽思?)
(Translation: Meiji era issue; Circulation limit five years; Authority克; Currency)
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