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| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Government (大日本帝國政府) |
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| Year | 1872 |
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| Printer | Dondorf & Naumann, Frankfurt, Germany (1850-1932); National Printing Bureau (国立印刷局, Imperial Printing Bureau of Japan), Japan (1871-date) |
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| Obverse description | Vertically oriented intaglio-printed note in black over a blue underprint, executed in a strictly symmetrical composition. A central column of Japanese text citing the denomination and Meiji-era monetary authority is flanked by paired phoenix and dragon vignettes in mirror arrangement, with denomination numerals repeated in each corner. A green Ministry of Finance seal is positioned at the upper left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 拾 拾 省蔵大府政本日大 金 拾 圓 明 治 通 宝 拾 拾 (Translation: Ten (x2) Great Japanese Government Ministry of Finance Ten gold yen Currency of Meiji Ten (x2)) |
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| Reverse lettering | 三五一六七 ✶注✶ 番 号 拾 政大 府日 内本 蔵帝 卿國 拾 番 号 三五一六七 ✶注✶ (Translation: Number Ten Finance Minister of the Imperial Government of Japan Ten Number) |
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