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20 Gold Yen
| Issuer | Nippon Ginko / Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 20 Gold Yen |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in intaglio and carries a right-facing portrait of Takeuchi no Sukune, the legendary Japanese statesman, positioned to the right against an intricate guilloche background. At centre, large kanji characters 貳拾圓 are printed in red, flanked on both sides by arabesque vignettes and the numeral 20 in dark ink. The upper margin bears the Imperial chrysanthemum seal alongside the Bank of Japan inscription in Japanese, with a red rectangular bank seal and two marginal serial numbers completing the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | 日本銀行兌換券 貳拾圓 此券引換比拾貳和可 兌換国銀金申渡 日本銀行 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark olive-brown ink and presents a central vignette of a Japanese shrine building set within a wooded landscape, framed by an elaborate guilloche border. Two large circular rosette medallions bearing the numeral 20 and the repeated legend '20 En' flank the shrine vignette on either side, interspersed with decorative scrollwork. The lower right carries the English-language gold redemption clause, while 'Nippon Ginko' in stylised Latin script appears at upper left alongside Japanese text and an Imperial sun disc motif at top centre. |
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