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| Issuer | Minbushō (Ministry of Popular Affairs) |
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| Year | 1869-1870 |
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| Value | 2 Shu (1/8) |
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| Obverse lettering | 金貮朱 檢 信 民部省 通商司 (Translation: Gold two Shu Inspect Trust Ministry of Popular Affairs Commerce Office) |
| Reverse description | Letterpress print in black with red handstamp overprint. Vertical inscriptions occupy the central field within an elaborate frame engraved with flying Hōō phoenixes above iridescent clouds and a dragon-horse facing left amid paulownia foliage. A red oval handstamp seal is applied at the conclusion of the inscription column. |
| 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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