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10 Kopeek
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Government (Imperatorskoe Yaponskoe Pravitel'stvo) |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 10 Kopeek |
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| Obverse description | Single-colour green note with the issuer's name ИМПЕРАТОРСКОЕ ЯПОНСКОЕ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВО in two lines across the upper field, above the large Cyrillic denomination legend ДЕСЯТЬ КОПЕЕК at centre. The numeral 10 appears in each lower corner and within oval cartouches set into flanking guilloche rosette and geometric lathe-work vignettes, while a Japanese government seal is placed at the bottom centre and the series number 16 is printed in angle brackets at the upper right and lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse centres on a large guilloche medallion enclosing the bold numeral 10, surrounded by fine engine-turned lathe-work. Symmetrical floral rosette vignettes flank the central medallion on both sides, and the numeral 10 is repeated in scallop-bordered squares at each corner, the whole enclosed within a continuous interlocking scallop border. |
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Japan's occupation currency for use in China and Southeast Asia is well documented, but this kopeek-denominated issue targets a different problem entirely: the administration of Soviet-facing territories and prisoner or labor populations in the northern sphere. The Japanese government issued ruble and kopeek notes under a Russian-language authority title — an unusual decision that signals intended use in areas where Russian remained the functional currency language, most plausibly Manchuria or Sakhalin-adjacent zones.
The series to which P#19 belongs was printed in Japan but designed to pass as quasi-official tender in Russian-speaking hands. Denominations this small had limited purchasing power even then.