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9 Monme 2 Fun 'Akita Ginban'
| Issuer | Kubota Domain |
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| Year | 1863-1864 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Oval silver flan with a lightly convex, textured field displaying a central vertical inscription in bold relief, reading top to bottom: 改 (kai, 'revised'), 九 (ku, 'nine'), 匁 (monme), 二 (ni, 'two'), 分 (fun). Six small circular countermarks bearing the auspicious character 裕 (yū, 'abundance') are stamped at regular intervals around the periphery of the field — one at top center, one at bottom center, and two on each lateral margin — serving as official domain authentication marks. The overall surface exhibits natural toning with iridescent blue and grey hues consistent with high-purity silver. |
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| Obverse script | Japanese (Kanji) |
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Kubota Domain — modern Akita Prefecture — operated its own silver exchange bureau, the Ginban, under authorization from the Tokugawa shogunate during the final convulsive years of the bakumatsu period. This denomination was struck to facilitate local rice-economy transactions at a moment when national coinage was thoroughly debased and widely distrusted. The shogunate had slashed silver content in its own issues so aggressively through the 1850s that domain authorities across Tōhoku had practical reasons to issue higher-purity local currency.
The .970 fineness is notably honest for the period.