Japan 1 Monme ND (1865)

Nara 8 villages

慶応元年

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Japan 1 Monme, 1865 obverse
Japan 1 Monme, 1865 reverse

Information:

Rarity B - Uncommon
Date Variety Iss. VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1865) 慶応元年 + - - - $29,00 - -
Country Japan
Period Monme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874)
Currency Monme
Denomination 1 Monme
Type Local banknotes
Year 1865
Shape Rectangular
Composition
Demonetized Yes
Size (WxH) 160x38 mm

Obverse:

Japan 1 Monme, 1865

Obverse text

元  慶 年  應   銀   壱   匁   也 引   銀 此 替 奈 〇 手 所 良 相 形   南 渡 〇   新 可 〇 詰 町 〇 次 所     第 役

Obverse symbol

Black print; red overstamps. Vertical inscriptions of denomination in semi-cursive. At the top, lying cattle, indicating year of the Ox, facing left, head turned right, surrounded by four letters, reads vertically, right to left. At the bottom, vertical inscriptions Red stamped in half circle on the top. Red stamped circle on denomination.

Reverse:

Image 1

Reverse text

廻   良   奈 薬   御     年 改     貢 合     米     手     形 村ケ八所料御  取    芝 京  締    辻 終  惣  庄 村 村  代  屋     年 法 城     寄 蓮 戸 法芝城 總 村 村 蓮辻戸 百 村村村 姓 半 杉     請 田 ヶ 彦久吉 負 開 町 兵五㔫   村 村 衛郎エ   門   奈 油 ︵﹇︵ ﹇ 良 坂 〇〇〇 會 坂 村 ︶﹈︶ ﹈ 村

Reverse symbol

Black print; red and black overstamps. At the top, first frame: inscriptions reads right to left. Second frame: Vertical inscriptions. Third frame: inscriptions reads right to left. At the bottom, fourth frame: Multiple columns of vertical inscriptions. Red stamped rice bundle in the middle of second frame. Black stamped inscriptions in oval, one top left of second frame and one to the right of the inscription in second frame. Red stamped inscriptions in oval on th the top left inscriptions of the fourth frame.

Varieties:

Date Variety Iss. Value
VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1865) 慶応元年 + - - - $29,00 - -