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10 Yen Japanese Military Occupation
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Government |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black over a pale blue-green and lilac underprint, centred on a large vignette of two confronting dragons amid swirling clouds, with the imperial chrysanthemum mon at the top centre. The denomination 拾圓 is boldly set in Chinese characters at the centre, flanked by the numeral 10 in the lower corners and the character 拾 in the upper corners. A circular red seal appears at the lower left, with the issuing authority inscription along the top margin and the printer's legend along the lower edge. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark olive-brown on a plain ground, arranged symmetrically around a central panel of intricate guilloche lacework enclosing the large Chinese denomination characters 拾圓. The legend '10 YEN' appears in cartouches at the upper left and upper right, with the character 拾 repeated in square cartouches at the lower corners, while two vertical columns of Chinese text in the inner left and right panels carry the redemption and anti-counterfeiting warnings. |
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The Japanese Military Currency series was issued specifically for use in occupied territories across China and Southeast Asia, functioning as a tool of economic extraction — local populations were compelled to accept it, while Japanese authorities controlled the exchange rates. This 10 Yen note belongs to the series formally designated for military use but carrying no geographic restriction printed on its face, making it deployable wherever Imperial forces advanced.
Production at the Cabinet Printing Bureau (Naikaku Insatsukyoku) kept the supply entirely within Japanese government hands. No central bank intermediary, no independent oversight.