Black on green underprint. Red seal of the Minister of Finance at left; denomination in center; as numeral at right.
Reverse description
Denomination in Japanese and counterfeiters warning in big guilloche.
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Obverse lettering
拾貳 拾貳 幣紙府政國帝本日大 {34} 大大 20 臣蔵 錢拾貳 行發年七正大 {34} 拾貳 造幣局刷印府政國帝本日大 拾貳 (Translation: Twenty twenty Great Imperial Japanese Government note Minister of Finance Twenty sen Issued in the year 7 of Taishō Printed by the Great Japan Imperial Government Printing Bureau Twenty twenty)
Reverse lettering
錢 拾 貳
ハテ或幣 ス國通ハヲ此 ベ法用贋贋紙 シニス造造 處ルトシ 者知
錢 拾 貳 (Translation: Twenty sen Those who counterfeit these banknotes, or know them to be counterfeit and use them, shall be subject to the laws of Japan. Twenty sen)