"After winning the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the supreme ruler over Japan. He organized all the Daimyos (feudal lords) into around 300 Han, a type of fief, or domain, from which he demanded loyalty. ... Hansatsu were issued in the different hans and they circulated primarily within the han they were issued in, though there were a few exceptions. Hansatsu were based on the gold, silver and copper coinage of the time, but there were a few that that were to be exchanged for commodities such as rice and fish. In 1707 the controlling Tokugawa Shogunate banned the use of paper money, due to abuses of the system. However, in 1730, the practice of issuing Hansatsu was officially resumed. ... When Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned in 1867, the result was the Boshin War in January of 1868, in which the Shogunates forces were defeated and the Emperor declared himself to be restored to power. This period is known as the Meiji Restoration. At this time the government began an exchange program for people to turn in their Hansatsu for the new national currency called the Dajoukansatsu, which was the first banknote issued by a central government in Japan. This was met with reluctance, however, and the exchange ran until 1879." -- Japanese Banknotes

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Kyoho 15 (1730) Province: Izumi Domain: Kishiwada Han: Okabe Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 1303 (rarity 15x)

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Kyoho 15 (1730) Province: Sanshu (Mikawa) Domain: Yoshida Han: Nagasawa-Matsudaira (Hatamoto Nagasawa Yosho) Notes: Hatamoto to the Tokugawa Shogunate. Exchange by Izumi Gumi. Error note (no back print).

Type: Silver 3 Monme Date: Kyoho 15 (1730) Province: Mikawa Domain: Yoshida Han: Nagasawa-Matsudaira Notes: Hatamoto to the Tokugawa Shogunate. Exchange by Kawachi Gumi.

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Kyoho 15 (1730) Province: Sanshu (Mikawa) Domain: Yoshida Han: Nagasawa-Matsudaira (Hatamoto Nagasawa Yoshio) Notes: Hatamoto to the Tokugawa Shogunate. Exchange by Izumi Gumi.

Type: Silver 1 Bu Date: Kyoho (1730-1736) Province: Tanshu (Tanba) Domain: Sonobe Han: Koide Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 944 (rarity 15x)

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Kyoho 16 (1731) Province: Sesshu (Settsu) Domain: Sumiyoshi Han: Hiranogo Notes: Printed in the oldest hansatsu style (Genroku) of five vertical vignettes each on face and reverse.

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Kyoho 17 (1732) Province: Bitchu Domain: Okada Han: Ito Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 1478 (rarity 30x)

Type: Silver 3 Bu Date: Genbun 2 (1737) Province: Mino Domain: Ogaki Han: Toda Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 655 (rarity 5x)

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Enkyo (1744-1747) Province: Echizen Domain: Katsuyama Han: Ogasawara Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 527 (rarity 30x) Notes: Handwritten face value.

Type: Silver 10 Monme Date: Meiwa 3 (1766) Province: Tanshu (Tajima) Domain: Toyooka Han: Kyogoku Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 1005 (rarity 5x)

Type: Silver 5 Monme/Rice 1 To Date: An'ei 1 (1772) redated Bunka 13 (1816) Province: Owari Domain: Yamaga Han: Tani Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 960 (rarity 15x)

Type: Gold 1 Bu/Rice 1 To 5 Sho Date: Kansei 10 (1798) Province: Owari Domain: Nagoya Han: Tokugawa Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 618 (rarity 100x) Notes: Exchange by the Owari Hikikaesho.

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Bunsei 13 (1830) Province: Washu (Yamato) Domain: Yanagimoto Han: Oda Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 875 (rarity 3x) Notes: Famous vignette on the reverse of a Samurai on horseback with a bow and arrows.

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Tenpo 3 (1832) Province: Kii Domain: Wakayama (Kishu) Han: Administered from Wakayama Castle by the Kishu-Tokugawa Han Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 776 (rarity 12x) Notes: Exchange by the MITSUI-GUMI (small red stamps on the lower face and reverse) - the Mitsui-gumi became the MITSUI BANK.

Type: Silver 3 Bu Date: Tenpo 3 (1832) Province: Sanuki Domain: Takamatsu Han: Matsudaira Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 1609 (rarity 30x)

Type: Cash 2000 Mon/Rice 4 To Date: Tenpo 6 (1835) Province: Mutsu Domain: Morioka Han: Nanbu Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 25 (rarity 10x)

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Tenpo 6 (1835) Province: Kozuke Domain: Numata Han: Toki Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 176 (rarity 3x) Notes: "Tobichi Fuda" (Detached Territory Note) for use in Yao, Kawachi Province.

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Tenpo 10 (1839) Province: Washu (Yamato) Domain: Shibamura Han: Oda Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 848 (rarity 5x)

Type: Silver 10 Monme Date: Ansei 3 (1856) Province: Inaba/Hoki Domain: Tottori/Yonago Han: Ikeda Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 1330 (rarity 25x) Notes: The only Japanese Hansatsu note with the face primarily printed in red and blue.

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Ansei 4 (1857) Province: Settsu, Kawamo-mura Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 875 (rarity 3x)

Type: Silver 1 Monme Date: Genji 1 (1864) Province: Kii Domain: Kii (Wakayama) Reference: Edo Shihei 2239 Notes: Issued by Karensha as "Tobichi Fuda" (Detached Territory Note) for use in Kashu (Kawachi Province), Furuichi. Exchange by Kashu Furuichi Moto Yakusho, Kawa-ko Shucho Aratame.

Type: Cash 2 Kanmon (2000 Mon) Date: Meiji 1 (1868) Province: Yamashiro Reference: Kosatsu p.180 (rarity 30x) Notes: Issued in Saikyo (Kyoto), by the Saikyo Nanden (Junko-ji Temple). Exchange by Etchu-Ya Rihei of Saikyo or Tenma-Ya Sousuke of Osaka.

Type: Cash 5 Kanmon (5000 Mon) Date: Meiji 1 (1868) Province: Yamashiro Domain: Saikyo (Kyoto) Reference: Kosatsu p. 179 (rarity 40x) Notes: Issued in Saikyo (Kyoto), by the Saikyo Nanden (Junko-ji Temple). Exchange by Etchu-Ya Rihei of Saikyo or Tenma-Ya Sousuke of Osaka.

Type: Cash 10 Mon Date: Meiji 2 (1869) Province: Bishu (Owari) Domain: Yokosuka

Type: ? Date: Meiji 3 (1870) Province: Omi Domain: Takata

Type: Cash 3 Kanmon (3000 Mon) Date: Meiji 3 (1870) Province: Unshu (Izumo) Domain: Matsue Han: Echizen-Matsudaira Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 1354 (rarity 50x) Notes: Approx. 5-3/4" X 5-3/4", cut and X drawn on it when cancelled - repaired with artist tape.

Type: Cash 48 Mon Date: Meiji 5 (1872) Province: Mikawa Domain: Tahara Han: Miyake Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 608 (rarity 40x)

Type: Cash 50 Mon Date: Late Edo Province: Echigo Domain: Shibata Han: Mizoguchi Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 143 (rarity 20x)

Type: Silver 5 Bu Date: Late Edo Province: Owari Notes: Issued by the Daikan Kiyosu (Tenryo Administrator), appointed by the Tokugawa Shogunate, and overseen by the Bureau of Finance.

Type: Silver 7 Sen 1 Bu Date: Early Meiji Province: Bungo Domain: Oka Han: Nakagawa Reference: Hansatsu Zuroku 2020 (rarity 15x)