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5 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1910 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A fine intaglio vignette at left renders a traditional Japanese shrine or temple structure set among trees. To the right, an ornamental cartouche frames the denomination in both Japanese and English text, surmounted by the imperial chrysanthemum mon. Two red seal impressions are positioned flanking the central panel at lower left and lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | 日本銀行兌換券 NIPPON GINKO Promises to Pay the Bearer on Demand FIVE YEN IN GOLD. 5 YEN |
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The Cabinet Printing Bureau had been producing Bank of Japan notes since the 1880s, and by 1910 the technical quality of Japanese domestic printing had reached a level that eliminated the earlier dependency on European firms — De La Rue had supplied earlier series. This note belongs to a transitional generation of Japanese currency, issued while the country was consolidating the economic gains from the Russo-Japanese War and managing the fiscal pressures of postwar debt servicing.
P#34 is frequently found with foxing and paper toning, a known issue with the cotton stock used in this period. The watermark pattern is the primary authentication reference for the series.