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5 Yen US Military Currency - A-Note
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Size | 112 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on a light blue guilloche underprint, the obverse bears a top panel inscribed 'MILITARY CURRENCY' with denomination expressed in both Roman script ('FIVE YEN') and kanji (五圓) repeated at each corner. A large outlined letter 'A' in blue occupies the central underprint field within an arched guilloche ground, flanked by ornate intaglio scrollwork vignettes; the series and serial number designations appear twice within the central area. The kanji 軍票 (military scrip) is set within a framed cartouche at the bottom centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | MILITARY CURRENCY 五 5 SERIES A 100 A 10797788 A 五 五 圓 FIVE YEN 圓 A SERIES 100 5 軍票 五 (Translation: 5 5 5 Yen Yen 5 Military currency) |
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| Reverse lettering | ISSUED PURSUANT TO MILITARY PROCLAMATION す行發き基に告布事軍 (Translation: Issued pursuant to military proclamation) |
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