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200 Mon 'Doshū Zenisatsu'
| Issuer | Tosa Domain |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Currency | Mon (1863) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black by letterpress in a vertical format, the note presents a central rectangular frame enclosing a vertical denomination inscription in Chinese regular script (kaisho). Below the frame, two skipjack tuna (katsuo) are rendered swimming leftward, a motif emblematic of Tosa Province's coastal identity. |
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| Reverse lettering | 高知藩 會計司 (Translation: Kōchi Domain Accounting officer) |
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The Tosa Domain's paper currency was issued under the authority of the han administration during the final convulsions of the Tokugawa system — a period when dozens of domains scrambled to establish local monetary instruments before the new Meiji government could suppress them. Tosa is historically notable as the home domain of Sakamoto Ryōma and a key power in the imperial restoration coalition, which gave its administrators a degree of confidence in issuing currency that smaller, more politically exposed domains lacked.
The "Zenisatsu" designation indicates a note denominated in mon, the old copper coinage unit already being phased out at the time of issue. By 1868 this note was functionally obsolete within months of printing.