tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid
札 centers on a flat, labeled piece of material used for identification or exchange: a tag, placard, or paper money. The bid and counter-for-bonds senses extend from the idea of a marked slip used in transactions.
札 combines 木 (tree, wood) with 乚, a simplified form of 乙, which here likely represents a tied or bound object. The character originally referred to a wooden slip used for writing, later extended to paper tags and money.
A wooden 木 slip with a tied string or hook 乚 becomes a tag or placard. Picture a wooden tag tied to an item, later used for paper money and bids.
For サツ, imagine a stack of paper money tags sitting on a wooden desk: stack -> サツ, and the tags are all 札.
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
ticket; token; check; receipt
bid; tender; bidding
examination of tickets
successful bid; winning a tender
one's hand
handwritten letter; mail; correspondence
trump; trump card
banknote; bill; note
bundle of banknotes; stack of bills
name plate; name tag; label
price tag; price label
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
temple which issues amulets
10,000 yen bill
nameplate; doorplate
counterfeit bill; counterfeit note
counterfeit (paper) money; counterfeit bill; counterfeit note
amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple