3 Fun Kawachi Province

€427,768.00
IssuerJapan
Year1730
TypeLocal banknote
Value3 Bun (0.3)
CurrencyMonme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874)
CompositionPaper
Size135 × 34 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Obverse descriptionBlack print; red stamps. Full-length figure of Daikokuten facing half left, seated on 2 sacks of rice, holding Uchide-no-kozuchi hammer in right hand and large bag, carrying to his back by left hand, at the top. Two Minogame (mythical turtle, so old it has tail of seaweed-Symbol of longevity), at lower. Vertical inscription in Chinese seal script, flanked by Seigaiha waves motif, in the bottom.
Reverse descriptionBlack print; green stamp. Three Hōju jewels in the center surrounded by two herons and floral decoration, at the top.
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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 lettering  組 内 河
享    應
保 相以 楮
十 渡此 數
五 可手 換
戌庚申形 國
穐 者引 産
初 也替 品

  所替引
   産
   物
   會
   所
(Translation: Kawachi Group Accept paper amount for exchange to products This scrip can be exchanged on demand Kyōhō fifteenth Fire Dog autumn first printed Exchange office Production office)
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Catalog ID6700615990
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