30 Monme 'Fukuchiyama Gin'

Issuer	Fukuchiyama Domain
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Currency	Monme (circa 1868)
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Obverse description	Irregular rectangular silver flan with rounded corners, the entire border decorated with a dense herringbone or cross-hatched diaper pattern incised into the field margin. A raised rectangular cartouche occupies the central field, within which four Kanji characters are hammered in bold relief reading vertically: 銀 (gin, silver), 三 (san, three), 十 (juu, ten), and 匁 (monme), together denoting the denomination 'Silver Thirty Monme.' The characters are rendered in a cursive, hand-engraved style characteristic of late Edo period domain coinage, with pronounced tool marks visible across the flan surface.
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Reverse description	Irregular rectangular silver flan with rounded corners, the outer border decorated with a continuous row of raised hemispherical bosses or pellets forming a prominent beaded frame around the entire perimeter. A raised rectangular cartouche is set within the central field, containing three Kanji characters hammered in bold relief reading vertically: 福 (fuku), 知 (chi), and 山 (yama), spelling 'Fukuchiyama,' the name of the issuing domain. A small decorative cruciform or lozenge-shaped punch mark is impressed near the top of the cartouche, likely serving as an authenticating or assayer's stamp. The field within the cartouche displays fine parallel striations from the hammering process, consistent with late Bakumatsu-era domain silver coinage.
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Reverse lettering	福知山 (Translation: Fukuchiyama)
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