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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dave L, post: 2199881, member: 26285&quot;]Okay, I&#039;m back from my travels and during my recuperation day I looked at a BUNCH of scans of notes that I am in a sort of collaborative group for creating an online archive of Hansatsu (Very far from being finished- if ever -, so don&#039;t hold your breath). </p><p><br /></p><p>I found the note in this scan, which has different overprinting from my own copy. On this note, the contributor specified his copy as being:</p><p><br /></p><p>2 Silver Monme </p><p>Green Tea Note</p><p>Koshu (Shiga Prefecture)</p><p><br /></p><p>Tea Exchange Office</p><p>Koka Period</p><p>1844-1848</p><p><br /></p><p>The denomination numeral (2) is, as before, up to some scrutiny as it is not like a number 2 I have seen written or printed and verified. This note is good for the amount in tea, or otherwise exchangeable to an accepting party. Many, many notes were of this type, and not just for the amount in specie. As previously stated, the dating is specified as year 4 (Hinoto-Hitsuji) of the Koka period - Western year 1847.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said before, dating these is pretty hard, and it can apply to a whole host of other aspects, because they did not adhere to a set design parameter, nor did they all use perfect printing or handwriting. There are some which all look as if they are handwritten, but the notes are common and perfectly the same. One can only guess that they are printed from plates made to look like a handwritten note, but I cannot be sure. There is simply not enough reference material available in the English language to solve all these little mysteries. </p><p><br /></p><p>I especially like this note as it depicts the Shichi Fukujin, or Seven Gods of Fortune, on the top. There is often one or a couple of them, but this note has all seven. But before I go rambling on too long, let me save that for another day/topic. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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