8 Monme 'Akita Fūgin'

Kubota Domain issued this silver in 1863 under the economic pressure that afflicted most Tokugawa-era han in the final decade of the shogunate — chronic fiscal shortfall, disrupted trade from the opening of the treaty ports, and the mounting costs of domain militarization. The Akita Fūgin ("Akita silver") circulated as local currency within the domain's borders, a practice the Tokugawa government formally prohibited but routinely failed to suppress.

The two KM varieties reflect documented differences in the stamped attestation marks applied by domain officials — a supervisory step that also served as a crude anti-counterfeiting measure.