20 Yen

€217,336.00
IssuerJapan
Year1931
TypeStandard banknote
Value20 Yen (20 JPY)
CurrencyYen (1871-date)
CompositionPaper
Size152 × 87 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to2 March 1946
Reference(s) P#41
Obverse descriptionBlack on green underprint. Danzan Shrine on the left and portrait of Fujiwara Kamatari on the right
Reverse descriptionBlue and brown. View on the Danzan shrine at the left.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection description20 and a paulownia pattern
Obverse lettering20 470253    {5} 20
  券換究行銀本日
  日 貳 相此
  本 拾 渡券
  銀 圓 可引
  行   申換
      候に
       金
       貨
       貳
       拾
       圓
20 {5}    470253 20
造幣局刷印閣内府政國帝本日大
(Translation: Bank of Japan convertible note Bank of Japan Twenty yen This bill can be exchanged for twenty yen in gold.  Imperial Government of Japan Cabinet Printing Bureau)
Reverse lettering20       20
 券換究行銀本日
        貳
    20   拾
        圓       
   20 YEN
20       20
(Translation: Bank of Japan convertible note Twenty yen 20 yen)
Variants
Catalog ID9038653400
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