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100 Yen Japan Military Currency
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Government |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Size | 163 × 94 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black-green and violet underprint with a vignette of the Yumedono Pavilion at left and a portrait of Prince Shotoku-taishi at right. Four Chinese characters are overprinted across the center, accompanied by a seal at left. Denomination and military currency legends are printed in kanji characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | 大日本帝國政府 百圓 軍用手票 (Translation: Empire of Japan 100 Yen Military currency) |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark brown on plain paper, the reverse centers on an intaglio vignette of Horyuji Temple complex with its distinctive five-storied pagoda set against a mountain backdrop, framed within an arched guilloche border. Large kanji characters for 軍用手票 (Military Currency) are placed in the four corners, flanking circular medallions bearing the denomination 百圓 at left and right. A rectangular text panel below the central vignette carries the redemption and anti-counterfeiting legends in Chinese characters. |
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