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10 Yen = 10 Won
| Issuer | Bank of Chosun |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Value | 10 Yen = 10 Won |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Bank of Chosun headquarters building rendered in fine intaglio line work, set within a decorative guilloche border. The bank title 朝鮮銀行券 is inscribed at upper centre in vertical Chinese characters, with the numeral '10' at the left and the character 拾 at the right. Floral ornaments and scrollwork complete the frame. |
| Reverse lettering | 朝鮮銀行券 拾 10 |
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The Bank of Chosun's postwar 10 Yen/Won notes occupy an awkward transitional moment: Japan had surrendered in August 1945, but Korea's monetary infrastructure didn't shift overnight. This series bridged the Japanese colonial currency system and whatever would come next — which, as it turned out, depended entirely on which side of the 38th parallel you were on. The dual denomination inscription reflects genuine institutional uncertainty about which unit of account would prevail.
Soviet and American occupation authorities both accepted and in some cases overprinted Chosun Bank notes, making provenance and circulation geography difficult to establish for individual specimens.