20 Sen

€1.00
IssuerJapan
Year1872
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value20 Sen (0.20 JPY)
CurrencyYen (1871-date)
CompositionPaper
Size87 × 53 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#2
Obverse descriptionBlack on brown underprint. Vertical symmetrical design; two facing phoenix and dragons flanking Japanese text; green Ministry of Finance seal at top left.
Reverse descriptionBlue vertical symmetrical design; Ministry of Finance seals in red and blue; serial number in Japanese characters.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering二        二
十        十
 省蔵大府政本日大

    二
    十
    錢

    明
    治
    通
    宝
二        二
十        十
(Translation: Twenty (x2) Great Japanese Government Ministry of Finance Twenty sen Currency of Meiji Twenty (x2))
Reverse lettering八〇八一  すむい
番       号

    二
    十
      政大
      府日
      内本
      蔵帝
      卿國

    二
    十
番       号
八〇八一  すむい
(Translation: Number Twenty Finance Minister of the Imperial Government of Japan Twenty Number)
Variants
Catalog ID3978995170
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