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2 Shu Takayama Prefecture Note
| Issuer | Takayama Prefecture |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Value | 2 Shu (1/8) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE Bruxelles, le 6 Aôut 1906. 50 50 CINQUANTE FRANCS PAYABLE À VUE LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS. H. HENDRICKX DEL. INV. ALBERT DOMS SC. (Translation: National Bank Brussels, August 6th., 1906. Fifty Francs Payable on sight The law punishes the counterfeitor forced labor.) |
| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse consistent with early Meiji period local currency practice, bearing minimal printed or brushed markings typical of prefectural issue notes of this era. |
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Takayama Prefecture had one of the shortest administrative lives of any Meiji-era jurisdiction — established in 1868, it was absorbed into Chikuma Prefecture in 1871. This 2 Shu note was issued within that narrow three-year window, during the chaotic early phase of Meiji currency reform when dozens of short-lived prefectural governments were authorized to issue their own paper scrip as the new central monetary framework was still being constructed.
The JNDA 10-29 designation places it within the broader category of Meiji prefectural hansatsu-type issues. Survival rate for Takayama Prefecture notes is low simply because the issuing authority ceased to exist so quickly after issue.