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10 Yen Provisional issues with adhesive stamps
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Wake no Kiyomaro in traditional court attire at right, set against an intricate guilloche underprint with a large numeral '10' medallion at left. A red official seal appears in the lower centre, with the imperial chrysanthemum crest at upper centre, and a small rectangular adhesive validation stamp affixed at upper right. The vertical inscriptions in kanji identify the Bank of Japan and the denomination, with serial number and block letter printed in the upper and lower margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 496464 {85} 10 券行銀本日 拾 日 10 圓 本 銀 行 10 {85} 496464 10 造幣局刷印閣内 (Translation: Bank of Japan note Ten yen Bank of Japan Printed by the Cabinet Printing Bureau) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Goou Jinja Shinto Shrine rendered in fine intaglio, flanked symmetrically by two large kanji character medallions reading 'juu' (ten) within elaborate floral guilloche rosettes. The imperial chrysanthemum crest appears at top centre above the shrine, with corner numerals '10' repeated in each quadrant and a red validation seal at lower centre. The overall design is executed in brown tones with a lighter guilloche underprint. |
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