Catalog
20 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1931 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on green guilloche underprint. A vignette of Danzan Shrine appears at the left, with a portrait of Fujiwara no Kamatari at the right. Vertical Japanese inscriptions identify the note as a Bank of Japan convertible note exchangeable for twenty yen in gold, with the imprint of the Imperial Japanese Government Cabinet Printing Bureau along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue and brown. A vignette of Danzan Shrine occupies the left portion of the design, rendered within a decorative border. Denomination numerals appear in each corner, with Japanese inscriptions and the romanized legend "20 YEN" positioned centrally. |
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| Protection description | Numeral 20 and a paulownia (kiri) pattern watermark |
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