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30 Monme 'Fukuchiyama Gin'
| Issuer | Fukuchiyama Domain |
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| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | Irregular rectangular silver flan with rounded corners, the outer border decorated with a continuous row of raised hemispherical bosses or pellets forming a prominent beaded frame around the entire perimeter. A raised rectangular cartouche is set within the central field, containing three Kanji characters hammered in bold relief reading vertically: 福 (fuku), 知 (chi), and 山 (yama), spelling 'Fukuchiyama,' the name of the issuing domain. A small decorative cruciform or lozenge-shaped punch mark is impressed near the top of the cartouche, likely serving as an authenticating or assayer's stamp. The field within the cartouche displays fine parallel striations from the hammering process, consistent with late Bakumatsu-era domain silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | 福 知 山 (Translation: Fukuchiyama) |
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Fukuchiyama was a small domain in Tanba Province, and its silver currency issues — produced under the sankin-kōtai system that perpetually drained domain finances — were a direct response to chronic cash shortages rather than any minting ambition. The denomination in monme, a traditional Japanese weight unit for silver, reflects the bullion-based transaction norms that persisted in domain economies long after Edo period monetary reforms attempted standardization.
KM# 13.1 distinguishes this from at least one additional variety, suggesting multiple issue runs or die differences documented by collectors but not fully resolved in the literature.