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10 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1899-1913 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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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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| Reverse description | A central oval guilloche cartouche encloses an intaglio vignette of a running boar rendered in green, flanked on each side by elaborate rosette guilloche medallions and foliate scroll borders. The issuer name NIPPON GINKO arches across the top in bold serif lettering, with denomination numerals 10 positioned at left and right within the guilloche panels. Below the central vignette, the English redemption clause PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN YEN IN GOLD is set in serif type, while the Meiji era production year and red seal stamps appear on the lateral margins. |
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| Variants | P#32a - Japanese Block character P#32b - Western Block # |
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