100 Dollars Bank of Kinki

The Bank of Kinki was a regional Japanese institution that merged into Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank in 1971, one of the consolidations that preceded DKB's own absorption into Mizuho Financial Group decades later. Notes carrying both institutional names are transition-era pieces, issued to fulfill contractual or regulatory obligations during the merger window rather than representing independent monetary policy from either bank.

American Banknote Corporation's involvement reflects a common pattern among smaller Japanese regional banks that lacked access to domestic security printing capacity and contracted with established foreign intaglio printers for their fiduciary note production.