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1 Yen US Military Currency - A-Note
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority (Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers) |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Size | 78 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on a light blue wavy-line guilloche underprint with green overprint elements, the face carries a large letter 'A' in green as the central underprint motif, flanked by scrollwork cartouches at left and lower right enclosing the kanji denomination 壹圓. The legend 'MILITARY CURRENCY' appears at the top border in a black panel, with 'ONE YEN' and 'SERIES 100' in green lettering, and the kanji 軍票 (military scrip) in a black panel at the bottom centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | MILITARY CURRENCY SERIES 100 圓 壹 1 壹 A 18354603 A ONE YEN SERIES 100 1 軍票 (Translation: 1 Yen 1 Military currency) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown on a pink guilloche underprint, the reverse is dominated by a large central intaglio vignette of an ornate acanthus-leaf scroll ornament with oak branches to the right. A Japanese text panel across the top reads the legal authority clause, with the English equivalent 'ISSUED PURSUANT TO MILITARY PROCLAMATION' lettered in a panel along the lower border. |
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