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20 Yen US Military Currency - A-Note
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority (United States) |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on a light blue guilloche underprint with magenta text, the note carries a large underprint letter 'A' at centre. The denomination '20' appears in ornate cartouches at left and right, with Japanese characters '貳拾圓' (Twenty Yen) running vertically at centre flanked by the English legend 'TWENTY YEN'. Series designation 'SERIES 100' and the single letter 'A' appear in the upper and lower margins, with the legend 'MILITARY CURRENCY' along the bottom edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | 軍票 拾貳 SERIES 100 A 20 TWENTY A 00430658 A 圓拾貳 YEN A 00430658 A A SERIES 100 20 拾貳 MILITARY CURRENCY (Translation: 20 Military currency 20 yen 20) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown, the reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of an elaborate foliate ornament composed of stylized acanthus leaves and scrollwork, rendered in intricate intaglio-style engraving against a fine guilloche background. The legend 'ISSUED PURSUANT TO MILITARY PROCLAMATION' is inscribed in a panel along the upper border, with the Japanese equivalent '軍事布告に基き發行す' along the lower border. |
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