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5 Yen
| Issuer | Dai-Ichi Ginko (First National Bank of Japan) |
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| Year | 39 (1906) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 大韓國公庫 一齊銀行 五圓 |
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| Reverse lettering | DAI-ICHI GINKO Promises to Pay the Bearer on Demand FIVE YEN in Japanese Currency AT ANY OF ITS BRANCHES IN KOREA |
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Dai-Ichi Ginko — the First National Bank of Japan — had a peculiar legal foothold in Korea from 1902 onward, operating as a quasi-central bank there before any formal colonial apparatus existed. This 5 Yen note, dated Meiji 39 (1906), was part of that arrangement: the bank issued currency in Korea under a concession from the Japanese government, effectively displacing Korean monetary instruments in advance of annexation. When the Bank of Korea was established in 1909, Dai-Ichi Ginko's notes were withdrawn and exchanged, making survivors scarcer than raw issue figures might suggest.