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1 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Chōsen |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Kim Yoon-shik in traditional Korean court dress, positioned at centre against an ornamental guilloche underprint with decorative borders characteristic of wartime Japanese colonial issue. The denomination is rendered in Chinese characters at centre, framed by scrollwork typical of the period's intaglio printing style. |
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| Reverse lettering | 朝鮮銀行券 壹圓 1 YEN |
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The Bank of Chōsen — Japan's colonial central bank for Korea — issued this 1944 1 Yen note as wartime pressures had already begun to degrade both printing quality and paper stock across Japanese-controlled currency series. By this point the bank was functioning less as a conventional financial institution and more as a conduit for financing Japan's Pacific war effort, with note issuance expanding well beyond any backing in reserves.
Pick 33 belongs to a late wartime run where production shortcuts are known. Paper consistency varies noticeably within the series.