5 Ei / 1/200 Ryō Ashimori domain

€427,772.00
IssuerJapan
Year1852
TypeLocal banknotes
Value5 Ei = 1/200 Ryō
CurrencyRyō (1595-1874)
CompositionPaper
Size154 × 36 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Obverse descriptionFull-length figure of Daikokuten front-facing on the top, sitting on two bags of rice. Jar of rice wine flanked with Dragons on waves, on the bottom.
Reverse descriptionBlack print; red stamp. Vertical inscription in cartouche. Seigaiha waves motifs background.
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Obverse lettering備中國足守領分
永錢五文預リ
産物爲替金手形

丹波屋()
荒和布屋(藏)

(Translation: Bitchū province Ashimori territory (Okayama Prefecture) Ei (Eiraku cash) Five Mon deposit Product exchange gold scrip)
Reverse lettering此手形貮百枚ヲ以金壹両ニ引替
(Translation: This scrip two hundred pieces exchange to gold one Ryō.)
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Catalog ID6188017740
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