10 Yen

€264,718.00
IssuerJapan
Year1899-1913
TypeStandard banknote
Value10 Yen (10 JPY)
CurrencyYen (1871-date)
CompositionPaper
Size159 × 95 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to31 March 1939
Reference(s) P#32
Obverse descriptionGoo shrine worship hall at left, portrait of Wake no Kiyomaro at right. Block number in western numerals.
Reverse descriptionRunning boar in center with English text.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection description圓拾 and paulownia
Obverse lettering九 四 六 壹 叁 弐              <7>

      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
         
<7>                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)
Reverse lettering  NIPPON GINKO

治        日
四        本
十 10    10 銀
三        行




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.)
Variants
Catalog ID5170544980
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