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10 Yen 'Omote-Inoshishi'
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Size | 169 × 100 mm |
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| 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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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The nickname 'Omote-Inoshishi' — "front boar" — comes from the wild boar imagery incorporated into the design, one of several animal-themed Meiji-era notes that collectors use to distinguish issues within what would otherwise be an unwieldy numbering system. Chiossone, the Genoese engraver hired by the Meiji government in 1875 to establish and run the nascent printing bureau, designed and engraved this note himself — an unusual degree of single-handed control over a high-denomination issue.
By 1890 the bureau had absorbed enough technique that production was fully domestic, a point of some national pride given how recently foreign expertise had been considered indispensable.