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Japanese 1700s?

No idea if worth time to go meet guy with these. Not even sure what they are. Are they currency or some sort of bond? Year?

I have plans....sometimes

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  • TookybanditTookybandit Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭✭

    Japanese bookmark money. They sell for between $15-$30ea.

  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They are called Hanhatsu and they were a form of script that circulated up until the Meiji era, ca. 1870. They were municipally and privately issued. The only one I own is from.... Hiroshima :o

    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
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