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10 Sen US Military Currency - B-Note
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio printing on a light blue wave-pattern guilloche underprint with magenta overprint elements. A large bold letter 'B' dominates the centre of the field as an underprint device, flanked by an ornate cartouche vignette at left enclosing the Japanese character 拾, with the denomination expressed in both Japanese kanji (錢 拾) and English (TEN SEN) in magenta letterpress. The heading MILITARY CURRENCY appears in a ruled panel at top, with SERIES 100, the numeral 10, and 軍票 (military currency) cartouche at bottom centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 軍事布告に基き發行す ISSUED PURSUANT TO MILITARY PROCLAMATION (Translation: Issued pursuant to military proclamation) |
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The B-series military yen — "B" standing simply for the second series of Allied Military Currency issued for Japan — were printed by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing and introduced following Japan's formal surrender in September 1945. The designation had no battlefield significance; it distinguished these notes from the earlier A-series used in the Pacific campaign prior to the occupation proper.
Circulation was extensive throughout the occupation period, and surviving low-denomination examples like this 10 sen are common but frequently encountered in poor condition — small-value notes moved fast through street-level trade and were rarely saved.