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3 Fun Kawachi Province
| Issuer | Kawachi Province Exchange Office (Kawachi Kokusan-hin Kaisho) |
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| Year | 1730 |
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| Currency | Monme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress impression with applied red stamps; vignette at upper register presents a full-length figure of Daikokuten, the deity of fortune, seated facing half-left upon two rice sacks and holding an Uchide-no-kozuchi mallet in the right hand while supporting a large bag over the left shoulder. Two Minogame — mythical long-tailed tortoises symbolic of longevity — occupy the lower register, flanked by Seigaiha wave patterns. A vertical inscription in Chinese seal script appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 形手物産澤長 改東都換楮 銀叁分 令便于萬 長澤用所 (Translation: Domestic Product Check to Exchange at Storage Area, Silver Three Fun) |
| Reverse description | Black letterpress impression with applied green stamp; the upper register bears a central vignette of three Hōju sacred jewels enclosed by two herons amid floral decoration. The remainder of the note surface is occupied by a dense vertical text block in classical Chinese characters setting out the terms and issuance date of the scrip. |
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