3 Silver Monme private issue; Oono-gumi

Obverse

Black print; red stamp.
Full-length figure of Ebisu facing half-left fishing, lifting rod with right hand and pulling string with left hand, at the top. Auspicious item at the bottom.

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

Lettering:
銀
三
匁
分

代諸
銀物
預品

切農
手商

Translation:
Three monme of silver
Various things and goods charge a silver deposit
Agriculture and commerce stamp

Reverse

Black print.
Stylized Houju surrounded by rice plant on top, date below, names of exchangers at bottom.
several stamps in center on top of the issuer name. Large handwritten calligraphy covering most of the field.

Lettering:
巳己治明

大
野
組

橋杉平萩
下山野原
弥利助宗
兵三
一衛郎平

Translation:
Meiji yīn earth snake.
Oono-gumi.
Sohei Hagiwara.
Sukesaburo Hirano.
Toshibei Sugiyama.
Yaichi Hashishita.

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See also

• Mythology

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