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Silver 3 Bun Matsuda

Issuer Matsuda Matasuke San'yō-dō (松田又助産物會所)
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
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○ ○ 加
○ 金 ○


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仁 茶 樂
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