Black on light brown underprint. Rooster in a heap of maiz and wheat at lower center, portrait Ninomiya Sontoku at right.
Reverse description
Blue. Lettering in guilloche with decorative ornaments.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
1|YEN 170622 壹 券行銀本日 日 圓壹 本 銀 行 長券発 之総 局 印裁 1 1 圓壹 (Translation: 1 Bank of Japan note One yen Bank of Japan Director-General of the Currency Issue Department Seal of the Governor One yen)
Reverse lettering
券行銀本日 1 圓壹 1 1YEN (Translation: Bank of Japan One yen)
Variants
There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint "in silver" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.