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2 Monme 'Akita Fūgin'
| Issuer | Kubota Domain |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Currency | Ryō (1863) |
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| Obverse description | Irregular rectangular hammered silver flan displaying a large oval cartouche stamped in intaglio relief toward the upper-center of the field. Within the cartouche appear two Japanese characters rendered in a cursive hand: '二' (two) above and '匁' (monme), denoting the denomination of two monme. A secondary diagonal stamp mark is visible to the left of the cartouche, characteristic of Akita domain fūgin silver coinage authentication marks. The surrounding field is unadorned, bearing the natural texture of the hammered silver planchet. |
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| Reverse lettering | 改 (Translation: Revised) |
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Kubota Domain's silver issues circulated under dispensation from the Tokugawa shogunate, which permitted certain domains to mint local coinage as han-satsu equivalents in metal. The Akita Fūgin series was produced at a moment when the shogunate's own monetary authority was visibly fracturing — debased central coinages had been eroding commercial confidence for decades, and domain-level silver offered merchants a trusted alternative with a known fineness.
The .985 fineness is exceptionally high for domain silver of this period, most of which ran considerably baser.