20 Sen

Issuer	Imperial Japanese Government
Year	1917-1919
Type	Standard circulation banknote
Value	Log in to see details
Currency	Log in to see details
Composition	Log in to see details
Size	Log in to see details
Shape	Log in to see details
Printer	Log in to see details
Designer(s)	Log in to see details
Engraver(s)	Log in to see details
In circulation to	Log in to see details
Reference(s)	Log in to see details

Obverse description	Black on green underprint. The red seal of the Minister of Finance appears at left, with the denomination in kanji script at centre and as an Arabic numeral at right. Issued in the seventh year of the Taishō era, with the printer's imprint of the Great Japan Imperial Government Printing Bureau along the lower border.
Obverse lettering	Log in to see details
Reverse description	Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by a large diamond-shaped guilloche vignette with elaborate lathe-work ornament. The denomination in kanji characters — 貳拾錢 — is printed in large script at the top and bottom of the vignette. Within the central medallion, the counterfeit warning inscription is rendered in vertical text.
Reverse lettering	Log in to see details
Signature(s)	Log in to see details
Protection type	Log in to see details
Protection description	Log in to see details
Variants	P#47a - Year = 1917 P#47b(1) - Year = 1918 P#47b(2) - Year 8 = 1919
Comments	Log in to see details