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10 Yen in Gold
| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1906 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on yellow-orange underprint, with a central vignette of two confronting dragons flanking the denomination cartouche reading 金拾圓 (Ten Yen in Gold), surmounted by a rising sun motif at the top. A guilloche oval panel bearing the bank title 臺灣銀行 occupies the lower centre, surrounded by intricate scrollwork and floral ornaments within a multi-rule border. Serial number is printed in red, with alphanumeric prefix letters positioned at the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 圓拾 拾 行銀灣臺 社會式株 金 拾 圓 臺 灣 銀 行 TAIW AN Bᴷ Lᴰ (Translation: Ten Yen The Bank of Taiwan Co., Ltd. Ten Yen in Gold Bank of Taiwan) |
| Reverse description | Printed in purple, the reverse carries the bold English title TEN YEN IN GOLD at the top in ornate lettering, with a symmetrical central design of two large guilloche rosette panels bearing the Chinese characters 拾 (ten). The bank's promise inscription THE BANK OF TAIWAN Promises to pay the bearer on demand TEN YEN IN GOLD is set in two registers between the rosettes and the lower margin. A block of Chinese legal text occupies the upper portion, and the printer's imprint of the Imperial Japanese Government Printing Bureau appears at the foot. |
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