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1 Shu Minbushō-satsu
| Issuer | Minbushō (Ministry of Popular Affairs), Japan |
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| Year | 1869-1870 |
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| Currency | Ryō (1595-1874) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print with red and blue overstamps on a narrow vertical format. The upper register presents the vertical denomination within a decorative scrollwork border incorporating Chrysanthemum seals and five-seven Paulownia seals, over which a red circular seal is stamped. The lower register bears vertical inscriptions within a frame enlivened by two confronting dragons, with a blue rectangular seal stamped between the two framing sections. |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress print with red overstamps on a narrow vertical format. Vertical inscriptions are enclosed within a border composed of Hōō phoenixes in flight above iridescent clouds, with a dragon-horse facing left standing among paulownia foliage at the base. A red oval seal is stamped at the foot of the inscription column. |
| Reverse lettering | 明治己巳發行 確證 (Translation: Meiji [year] tsuchinoto-mi (Year of the Earth-Snake) issue Confirm) |
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