100 Yen

€266,655.00
IssuerJapan
Year1872
TypeStandard banknote
Value100 Yen (100 JPY)
CurrencyYen (1871-date)
CompositionPaper
Size159 × 107 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterDondorf & Naumann, Frankfurt, Germany (1850-1932)
No. printed
Designer(s)Edoardo Chiossone
Engraver(s)Edoardo Chiossone
In circulation to31 December 1899
Reference(s) P#9
Obverse descriptionBlack on blue underprint. Vertical symmetrical design; two facing phoenix and dragons flanking Japanese text; green Ministry of Finance seal at top left.
Reverse descriptionRed vertical symmetrical design; Ministry of Finance seals in black and blue; serial number in Japanese characters.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering百        百
 省蔵大府政本日大

    金
    百
    圓

    明
    治
    通
    宝
百        百
(Translation: Hundred (x2) Great Japanese Government Ministry of Finance Hundred gold yen Currency of Meiji Hundred (x2))
Reverse lettering五一八六  ✶いいい
番       号
    百
      政大
      府日
      内本
      蔵帝
      卿國
    百
番       号
五一八六  ✶いいい
(Translation: Number Hundred Finance Minister of the Imperial Government of Japan Hundred Number)
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Catalog ID8974054660
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