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200 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 200 Yen (200 JPY) |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of the Danzan Shrine occupies the left portion of the note, rendered in fine intaglio engraving, while a portrait of Fujiwara no Kamatari in traditional court attire appears at the right. The central field carries the large kanji denomination 貳百圓 within a guilloche underprint, framed by ornate letterpress borders with repeated denomination numerals. The Bank of Japan issuing authority inscription runs across the upper portion, with block and serial number printed in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko) logo is positioned at the top centre, above a detailed intaglio vignette of the Danzan Shrine's thirteen-story pagoda set within a wooded landscape at the left. The denomination is repeated in both kanji and Western numerals within guilloche-patterned panels on either side, and the issuing authority inscription appears in horizontal bands across the face. |
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The Bank of Japan's 200 Yen note of 1945 was one of several high-denomination wartime issues rushed into circulation as Japan's military situation collapsed and hyperinflationary pressure mounted. By mid-1945 the money supply had expanded so aggressively that notes like this were practically a symptom of fiscal breakdown rather than an instrument of normal commerce.
Postwar occupation authorities and the subsequent currency reforms of 1946 — which imposed a new yen conversion at punishing rates — rendered these notes worthless almost immediately. Much of the wartime issue was destroyed or abandoned, which complicates survival estimates for the series.