5 Monme

€453,142.00
IssuerNiimi Domain (Japanese feudal domains)
Year1730
TypeLocal banknotes
Value5 Monme
CurrencyMonme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874)
CompositionPaper
Size167 × 51 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Obverse descriptionBlack print; red and green overstamps. Full length figure of Daikoku facing half left, standing on two rice bales, holding Uchide-no-kozuchi mallet in right hand and big bag on the back with left hand, surrounded by Takarazukushi auspicious items in the background, at the top. Motifs at the bottom. Green Fundō shaped stamp at the top. Red circle overstamp in the middle.
Reverse descriptionBlack print. Birds at the top. Five Hōju jewels below. Vertical inscription in Chinese regular script flanked by Vertical inscription in Chinese seal script, in the middle. Turtle surrounded by Seigaiha waves motif at the bottom.
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Obverse lettering貨寚用通易不歳萬
備中國新見銀札
五匁
享保十五庚戌歳
?
阪大
塩屋
政顯
(Translation: Ten-thousands of years never changing circulating treasure Bitchū Province Niimi silver bill Five Monme Kyōhō fifteenth Fire Dog year ? Osaka Salt shop)
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(Translation: Silver five Monme)
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Catalog ID4444402670
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