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| Issuer | Japanese Government (大日本帝國政府) |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Reference(s) | P#125 |
| Obverse description | Purple on pale green underprint. The central vignette presents a banana tree and a rambutan tree at right, set within an elaborate guilloche border. The legend in Dutch, 'De Japansche Regeering betaalt aan Toonder Tien Gulden,' appears alongside Japanese characters reading 大日本帝國政府, with the plate letter 'S' prefix noted in the serial numbering area. |
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| Reverse description | Purple on pale green underprint. The central vignette presents a tropical coastal scene framed within a decorative cartouche, with tall coconut palms in the foreground and a steamship visible on the calm waters in the distance. Circular guilloche medallions bearing the numeral '10' are positioned at each corner, with an additional denomination numeral centered along the lower margin, all set against a fine engine-turned lattice underprint. |
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| Protection description | Repeated kiri-flowers (paulownia blossom pattern), though the watermark is sometimes not discernible on individual examples. |
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