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| Issuer | Bank of Chosen (朝鮮銀行) |
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| Year | 1945-1946 |
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| Size | 142 × 84 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a portrait of Kim Yoon-shik in traditional Korean court dress, with the denomination numeral and Chinese characters arranged centrally. The design is framed by guilloche scrollwork borders with floral and geometric underprint patterns typical of late Japanese colonial-era Korean banknote production. |
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| Obverse lettering | 券行銀鮮朝 行銀鮮朝 拾 圓 (Translation: Banknote of the Chosen Bank, Bank of Chosen, Ten Yen) |
| Reverse description | Central architectural vignette of the Bank of Chosen headquarters building in Seoul, rendered in fine intaglio line engraving, presented in a frontal elevation view surrounded by trees and a formal forecourt. The building is framed by elaborate guilloche scrollwork borders with floral corner ornaments; the Arabic numeral 10 appears at left and the Chinese character 拾 (ten) at right, with the bank name inscription across the top. |
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