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50 Sen
| Issuer | Bank of Chosen |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
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| Obverse description | Dark olive-green and black intaglio print on white cotton paper. The centre carries the large Chinese-character denomination inscription 伍拾錢 (Fifty Sen), flanked on the left by a circular red seal with Chinese characters and on the right by a guilloche rosette enclosing the numeral 50. The bank name 朝鮮銀行株式会社 is printed in a horizontal band across the upper portion, with fine ornamental corner pieces and a repeating border pattern. A central vignette block contains a Japanese imperial chrysanthemum crest above the denomination text, with a text cartouche below carrying issue-date and authorization characters; the date 大正八年十二月二十日 (20 December, 8th year of Taishō, i.e. 1919) appears along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 朝鮮銀行株式会社 伍拾錢 大正八年十二月二十日 |
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| Reverse lettering | THE BANK OF CHOSEN Promises to Pay the Bearer on Demand FIFTY SEN IN JAPANESE CURRENCY AT ANY OF ITS MANCHURIAN OFFICES 50 Сенъ Бонъ Цiосенъ Банка 50 Сенъ Обмѣнивается на Японскую Монету въ Отдѣленiяхъ Банка въ Манчжурiи 拾 伍 |
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