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10 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Wake no Kiyomaro in traditional court dress at right, set within an ornate guilloche vignette with floral underprint in olive and brown tones. A large denominational kanji character (拾圓) occupies the centre, flanked at left by an elaborate dark rosette medallion bearing the numeral 10. The Imperial chrysanthemum seal appears at top centre, with the Bank of Japan title and convertibility legend in vertical kanji columns, and a red circular official seal below centre. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Goou Jinja Shinto Shrine rendered in fine line engraving, set within an elaborate cartouche of interlocking floral guilloche work in red and dark green. Two symmetrical dark rosette medallions bearing the kanji character for ten (拾) flank the shrine vignette at left and right. The denomination "10 YEN" appears in Roman script below the central vignette, with a red circular seal at bottom centre and grey numeral 10 corner indicators at all four corners. |
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| Variants | P#40a - issued note P#40z(1) - with propaganda message on back P#40z(2) - with propaganda message on back P#40z(3) - with propaganda message on back The purpose of this message was to stir Japanese resentment against their government and to create fear of inflation. Translation of the text on back: In 1930, when the Gumbatsu (militarists) had not yet started the war in China, you could buy the following items for 10 yen: * 25 sho (about 20 Kg) of good rice. * Or material for 8 summer kimonos. * Or 4 bags (50 Kg packages) of charcoal. In 1937, after the start of the Occupation of China, you could buy the following for 10 yen: * 25 sho of low grade rice. * Or material for 5 summer kimonos. * Or 2 bags of charcoal. Today, after three years of hopeless warfare with the world's greatest powers, you can buy the following with 10 yen: * 1/2 sho of good rice in the black market. * Or a small amount of charcoal, if you can get it. * Cotton material: nothing. This is what your leaders call co-prosperity! |
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