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1 Yen Japan Military Currency
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Army (Military Currency) |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Reference(s) | P#M22 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and red-orange on white paper, with an intricate foliate and guilloche border framing the entire design. To the right, a finely engraved intaglio portrait of Takenouchi no Sukune — the legendary Japanese statesman — is set within an oval vignette, with his name inscribed in kanji below. Large red-orange kanji characters reading 軍用手票 (Military Currency) dominate the centre, flanked by the bank title 日本銀行兌換銀券 at the top, denomination medallions in each corner, and two circular anti-counterfeiting legend cartouches at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a single orange-brown tone on plain white paper. A large elaborate guilloche rosette occupying the left half carries the English inscription ONE YEN in three lines within its centre. To the right, the issuer title NIPPON GINKO is printed at the top, with the large kanji 軍用手票 repeated centrally and the English promise clause Promises to Pay Bearer on Demand — Yen in Legal rendered in cursive script across the middle field. Anti-counterfeiting and usage notices in Chinese characters occupy the right margin. |
| Reverse lettering | NIPPON GINKO 軍用手票 Promises to Pay Bearer on Demand Yen in Legal ONE YEN 此票一到卽換正面所開 日本通貨 如有偽造變造仿造或知情行使者均應重罰不貸 |
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