This hansatsu note comes from the Nara Circuit Royal Land 8 Villages in Yamato Province, issued during the Keio Era (1865). The note is valued at 1 monme and was used as a go-nengu (annual rice tax payment) voucher. The currency was part of the royal land system, where taxes were collected in kind, primarily in rice, and converted into currency to facilitate local trade and government transactions.
The specific villages mentioned on the note include Kyoshū, Kido, Suge-machi, Aburasaka, Shibatatsuji, Horen, Handakaiki, and Narasaka-mura, located in the modern Nara City area. This hansatsu note would have been used as a form of legal tender within this region during the late Edo period, contributing to the administrative and fiscal functions of the time.
This note is in good condition for its age, and the 1 monme silver-backed denomination highlights the local economy's reliance on precious metals for currency.
