1956 Gold Trump 9 Set

    Description:  This is a really interesting set from 1956.  Usually, gold menko were inserted into boxes of menko to be used as prizes when a winner menko was redeemed.  This set, however, is entirely made of gold menko and seems to be a regular issue and not prizes.  Menko came in sheets so children had to cut them apart to get individual menko.  Consequently, most menko you'll see have jagged edges and uneven cuts.  Most of the typical rikishi of the time appear in this set. 

    Company: Unknown                                    Availability: Scarce

    Card Size: 1.50" X 3.00"                             Card Material: Thick, Paper Stock

    # of Cards: 5+                                              Packaging:  Sheet

   Key Cards:  Any Yokozuna

   Winner Stamp Description:  Unknown

   Front Design:  Rikishi are shown in either their kesho mawashi with some sort of action shot in the background.  There is a gold ink border all around the edges.  Rikishi's shikona appears vertically and/or horizontally somewhere on the front. 

   Back Design:  There is a playing card pip in the very center of the menko.  Right above that is a Gu-Choki-Pa mark.  At the very top is a 9 digit fighting number and at the very bottom is a war themed word.  Backs are printed in a light brown ink.

Banzuke Checklist						Numerical Checklist
Rank	Shikona	Fighting  #	Front	Back		Rank	Shikona	Fighting #
Yokozuna	Chiyonoyama/Mitsuneyama(M)/Tokitsuyama(M)	912060050				Yokozuna	Chiyonoyama/Mitsuneyama/Tokitsuyama	912060050
						Yokozuna	Tochinishiki	843019100
						Maegashira	Futatsuryu	565009110
						Yokozuna	Kagamisato/Naruyama(M)	278501510
						Yokozuna	Kagamisato	132106581
Yokozuna	Tochinishiki	843019100
Yokozuna	Kagamisato	132106581
Yokozuna	Kagamisato/Naruyama(M)	278501510
Ozeki
Sekiwake
Komusubi
Maegashira	Futatsuryu	565009110