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5 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Chosen |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Size | 131 × 79 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 券行銀鮮朝 朝鮮銀行 此券引換に日本銀行 券五圓相渡可申候也 五圓 造製局刷印國帝本日大 (Translation: Banknote of the Bank of Chosen, Bank of Chosen, This banknote can be exchanged to Bank of Japan bonds and can be applied for five yen, Five Yen, Made by the Imperial Printing Bureau of Japan) |
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| Reverse lettering | 券行銀鮮朝 圓五 (Translation: Banknote of the Bank of Chosen, Five Yen) |
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The Bank of Chosen — Japan's colonial central bank in Korea — issued this note during the final phase of wartime mobilization, when Japan's domestic paper supply was under severe pressure. By 1944, the Imperial Printing Bureau was producing currency at volumes that strained both materials and quality control, and the Chosen series from this period is known for ink inconsistencies and occasional misregistration.
The bank remained the sole issuer for the Korean peninsula until August 1945, after which existing stocks were absorbed into the chaotic post-surrender monetary transition under U.S. and Soviet occupation authority.