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10 Yen
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Government |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Reference(s) | P#M4 |
| Obverse description | Brown intaglio printing on light blue underprint. A dragon vignette extends across the centre of the note, with a large, faint numeral 10 superimposed over the design. A red seal appears in the lower right corner, with Chinese and Japanese inscriptions identifying the issuing authority. |
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| Obverse lettering | 拾 10 國帝本日大 {4} 拾 圓 {4} 10 10 造幣局刷印閣内國帝本日大 拾 (Translation: Ten Imperial Japanese Government Ten Yen Ten Imperial Japanese Cabinet Printing Bureau) |
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The "M" prefix in Pick's catalog denotes military issue, and this 10 Yen was part of the occupation currency series prepared for use in territories under Japanese military control during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the wider Pacific conflict. Stripped of the serial number and date conventions found on domestic issues, these notes were deliberately simplified for field distribution — a design choice that also made counterfeiting easier, a problem that plagued the series throughout the war.
By 1945, Japanese military yen had been issued across China, the Philippines, Burma, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies. Postwar Allied directives voided them without redemption, leaving enormous quantities worthless overnight.