500 Mon

€1.00
IssuerKumihama Prefecture (Japanese feudal domains)
Year1868
TypeLocal banknote
Value500 Mon
CurrencyMon (683-1953)
CompositionPaper
Size145 × 42 mm
ShapeRectangular
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No. printed
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Reference(s) JNDA#10-30 (3)
Obverse descriptionBlack print; red stamp. At the top, vertical denomination in Chinese regular script, inside frame of waves on the left and dradon facing up, looking left, on the right. At the bottom, vertical inscriptions, reads from right to left column, inside double circles medallion, surrounded by Seigaiha waves motif, inside square. Red stamped circle seal on lower of denomination.
Reverse descriptionBlack print; red overstamps. At the top, vertical inscriptions, reads from right to left column. Vertical inscription in Chinese seal script inside rectangle at lower center. Inscription inside rhombus at bottom. Red stamped flowers at the top. Red stamped five Hanawachigai in the middle.
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Protection description
Obverse lettering錢五百文
(役?)縣
久美濵縣
商法會所
(Translation: Cash two hundred Mon Prefecture ? Kumihama Prefecture Commerce Office)
Reverse lettering明治紀元發行
通用五年限
權克
貨幣
(壽思?)
(Translation: Meiji era issue Circulaion five years limit)
Variants
Catalog ID7501147660
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