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1 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| In circulation to | 1910 |
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| Obverse description | At left, a circular vignette presents a traditional Korean pavilion with a raised wooden structure over water, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. To the right, the large denomination numeral in Chinese characters occupies a guilloche-patterned panel, while the bank title in Chinese characters (韓國銀行) is inscribed across the top. Border text reading 'ONE ONE ONE' runs along the margins, with additional Chinese-character inscriptions and a serial number distributed across the face. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in terracotta-red on a light ground, the reverse carries the English bank title 'THE BANK OF KOREA' across the top, with the obligation text 'Promises to Pay the Bearer on Demand' and the denomination 'ONE YEN IN GOLD OR NIPPON GINKO NOTE' in bold letterpress at left. A central oval guilloche watermark space is flanked by arabesque ornaments, with a multi-line Chinese-character legal text panel at lower centre and an official seal cartouche at lower right. Corner numerals '1' appear in all four quadrants. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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