| Issuer | Japan |
| Year | 1890 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Value | 10 Yen (10 JPY) |
| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 169 × 100 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | National Printing Bureau (国立印刷局, Imperial Printing Bureau of Japan), Japan (1871-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Edoardo Chiossone |
| Engraver(s) | Edoardo Chiossone |
| In circulation to | 31 March 1939 |
| Reference(s) | JNDA#11-27 |
| Obverse description | Black print; yellow underprint; red seal, block numbers, and serial numbers. Bust of Wake no Kiyomaro facing front-left, at right. Chrysanthemum Seal on top-center. Arabic denomination on top-left and bottom-right corner; Kanji seal script denomination on top-right and bottom-left corner. Boars running around top and bottom frame. Seal of the Governor of the Bank of Japan on bottom-left. |
| Reverse description | Orange print; red seals. Convertible wording written in cursive English. Seal at bottom-center; seal at bottom-right. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | `銀貨拾圓` and Chrysanthemum. |
| Obverse lettering | 10 拾 和氣清麻呂卿 券銀換兌行銀本日 日 圓拾 本 候可相拾銀へ引此 銀 也申渡圓貨尓か券 行 す奉条換第太五明 るし例銀十政月治 もてを行八官廿十 の發遵券號布六七 也行 兌告日年 之總 印裁 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 拾 10 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 | 10 NIPPON GINKO 銀貨拾圓 Promises to Pay the Bearer on Demand Ten Yen in Silver 金庫局長 文書局長 |
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| Catalog ID | 1363479860 |
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