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2 Bu Minbushō-satsu
| Issuer | Minbushō (Ministry of Popular Affairs) |
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| Year | 1869-1870 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print with red and blue overstamps on a vertical format note. The upper register bears the denomination in vertical script within an ornate scrollwork frame incorporating Chrysanthemum seals and five-seven Paulownia seals, with a red circular stamped seal applied over the denomination; a blue rectangular stamped seal appears between the upper and lower frames. The lower register contains vertical inscriptions within a frame of two confronting dragons, reading right to left. |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress print with a red overstamp on a vertical format note. The central field carries vertical inscriptions within an ornate frame of flying Hōō phoenixes set above iridescent clouds, with a dragon-horse (kirin) facing left on the ground amid paulownia leaves. A red oval stamped seal is applied at the foot of the inscriptions. |
| 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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