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2 Shu Takayama Prefecture Note
| Issuer | Takayama Prefecture |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Currency | Ryō (1595-1874) |
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| Obverse description | Hand-brushed Japanese text in black ink on unprinted paper stock, with traditional calligraphic inscriptions stating the denomination and issuing authority. The note follows the vertical format typical of Meiji-era prefectural currency, with denomination and official seals rendered in period woodblock or brush style. |
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| Reverse lettering | NATIONALE BANK 50 BRUSSEL 50 VIJFTIG FRANKEN BETAALBAAR OP ZICHT H. HENDRICKX DEL. INV. ALBERT DOMS SC (Translation: National Bank Brussels Fifty Francs Payable at sight) |
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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.