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1 Yen 'Daikoku'
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1885 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light-blue underprint with black intaglio inscriptions and red seals; group and serial numbers in black. The vignette at right presents Daikoku, the god of fortune, facing forward, holding a gavel in his right hand and a sack of riches over his left shoulder, seated atop two bales of rice with three mice below; a radiant sun appears at the top. A central cartouche contains the reverse design of a contemporary 1 Yen coin, flanked by repeating vertical inscriptions in Chinese seal script reading 壹圓兌換銀券 alternating with ONE YEN in Roman lettering. The Governor's seal of the Bank of Japan, in Chinese seal script within a decorated circle, appears at left, while the Director of Document Department's seal, with a vertical clerical-script inscription flanked by dragon motifs within a circle, is placed at the center-right edge outside the main frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 叁八四五貮 號五第 壹 券銀換兌行銀本日 圓 壹 日 本 候可相壹銀へ引此 銀 也申渡圓貨尓か券 行 文書局長 NIPPON GINKO Promises to Pay the Bearer on Demand 1 Yen in Silver モテ例換第太五明 ノ發ヲ銀十政月治 也行遵行八官廿十 ス奉券號布六七 ルシ條兑告日年 行銀本日 章之裁總 壹 號五第 叁八四五貮 1 造幣局刷印省藏大府政國帝本日大 (Translation: 1 One Bank of Japan convertible silver note One yen Bank of Japan This note can be exchanged for one yen in silver. Director of Document Department These are issued in compliance with the provisions of the Ordinance of the Grand Council of State No. 18 of May 26th, year 17 of Meiji (1884) on convertible banknotes. Bank of Japan Seal of Governor One 1 Empire of Japan Government Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau) |
| Reverse description | Orange intaglio print with a red seal. A central cartouche contains a penalty text in vertical clerical-script regular style, surrounded by fine guilloche lacework. The numeral 1 and the denomination YEN in Roman lettering appear on either side of the cartouche on guilloche panels, while the denomination in Chinese seal script is arranged vertically above and below the central panel. A red Director of Treasury seal, with a vertical inscription in Chinese clerical script within a rectangle flanked by dragon motifs inside double circles, is placed at the lower left. |
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