Catalog
5 Yen
| Issuer | Dai-Ichi Ginko Ltd. (First National Bank of Japan) |
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| Year | 1902-1904 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green and dark tint note with an elaborate guilloche border frame. At right, an intaglio portrait of a gentleman in Western attire within an oval vignette; at centre, large Chinese characters for the denomination '五圓' (Five Yen); at upper left, '5 YEN' in Western numerals and lettering, with vertical Japanese and Chinese text columns flanking the central area identifying the issuing bank. |
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| Variants | P#5as - stars in corners on front Meiji Year 35 (1902) Specimen P#5b - numerals "5" in corners at upper left and lower right on front Meiji Year 37 (1904) |
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Dai-Ichi Ginko — the First National Bank — operated in Korea under Japanese commercial expansion before formal annexation, and this note was issued for circulation on the Korean peninsula rather than in Japan proper. It predates the establishment of the Bank of Korea by several years, making Dai-Ichi Ginko effectively the de facto colonial currency authority in the region during this period.
The series was withdrawn following the 1905 Eulsa Treaty, which tightened Japanese financial control over Korea and eventually led to the Dai-Ichi Ginko notes being superseded by those of the Bank of Korea in 1909.