1 Monme with red overstamp

Obverse

Black print; black stamps; red overstamp.
Full-length figure of Daikokuten front-facing, stanging on two rice bales, holding large bag to his back with right hand, at the top. Vertical denomination in cartouche in the middle. Vertical inscriptions of names of officials at the bottom.

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Chinese (traditional, running script)

Lettering:
申甲年元和明
壹
匁
札銀嶋広州藝
三原屋清三郎
三原屋小十郎
伊豫屋吉左衛門

Translation:
Meiwa first year Monkey.
One Monme.
Geishū (Aki Province) Hiroshima Silver note.

Reverse

Black print; black stamps.
Sitting deity at the top; Hōju Cintāmaṇi on Seigaiha background below. Vertical denomination in cartouche in the middle. Vertical inscriptions in Chinese seal script at the bottom.

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, running script), Chinese (traditional, seal script), Hiragana

Lettering:
壹
〇
ん
め

Translation: One Monme.

See also

• Mythology

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