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| Issuer | Matsuda Matasuke San'yō-dō (松田又助産物會所) |
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| Year | 1730 |
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| Currency | Monme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874) |
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| Obverse description | A deity vignette occupies the uppermost register of this narrow vertical note. Below the deity, a series of vertically arranged text cartouches carry the denomination and issuer inscriptions in classical Chinese characters. A red rectangular hand-stamp impression appears in the lower portion, serving as an authenticating seal typical of Edo-period private exchange notes. |
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| Reverse description | Two deer face each other in a vignette at the upper register of the reverse, a motif commonly associated with Shinto shrines and auspicious imagery in Edo-period Japan. A single large text cartouche in classical Chinese characters occupies the central field below the vignette. Red and black seal impressions appear within and around the cartouche as authenticating marks. |
| Reverse lettering | 加 ○ 波 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 加 ○ 金 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 仁 茶 樂 |
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