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5 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Chosen |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Size | 131 × 76 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette with a portrait of Kim Yoon-shik in traditional Korean dress, with the denomination rendered in kanji characters at centre. The design incorporates fine guilloche underprint work framing the portrait, with inscriptions in Japanese characters identifying the Bank of Chosen and the note's value. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval cartouche in dark red-brown on a pale blue-green guilloche underprint, enclosing the kanji character 圓 (yen/won) flanked by the numeral 5 on each side within ornate floral rosette medallions. Scrollwork and foliate arabesques fill the surrounding border, with the denomination repeated at left and right in bold numerals against a finely engraved lathe-work background. |
| Reverse lettering | 五圓 |
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