Catalog
10 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1899-1913 |
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| In circulation to | 31 March 1939 |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of the Goo Shrine worship hall at left, with an intaglio portrait of Wake no Kiyomaro at right. Vertical Japanese text inscriptions occupy the central and lower registers, including the statutory convertibility clause and penalty warning, with the block number rendered in Western numerals appearing at top and bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | 九 四 六 壹 叁 弐 券 換 究 行 銀 本 日 日 相此 本 圓拾 渡券 銀 可引 行 申換 ス奉條條第太五明 候二 ルシ例銀十政月治 也金 モテヲ行八官廿十 貨 ノ発遵券號布六七 拾 也行 兌告日年 圓 條二十第例條券行銀換兌 断シ條ノ造刑ル造偽行兌 ステニ各紙法罪ニ造券換 處照本幣偽ハ係變ノ銀 和気清麻呂 九 四 六 壹 叁 弐 造幣局刷印府政國帝本日大 (Translation: Bank of Japan convertible note Bank of Japan Ten yen This bill can be exchanged for ten yen in gold. These are issued in compliance with the provisions of the Ordinance of the Grand Council of State No. 18 of May 6th, year 17 of Meiji (1884) on convertible banknotes. The crime of altering and reproducing a convertible banknote shall be dealt with in accordance with this article 12 of the Penal Code. Wake no Kiyomaro Empire of Japan Printing Bureau) |
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| Reverse lettering | NIPPON GINKO 明 治 日 四 本 十 10 10 銀 三 行 年 製 造 PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN YEN IN GOLD. (Translation: Nippon Ginko Produced in the year 43 of Meiji 10 10 Bank of Japan Promises to pay the bearer on demand 10 yen in gold.) |
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