50 Sen

Issuer	Imperial Japanese Government (大日本帝國政府)
Year	1940
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Central vignette of a dragon amid clouds, with a circular coin motif at centre bearing a hole, all set against a fine guilloche underprint in blue tones. The denomination numeral '50' appears to the right of the central design, with vertical Japanese legends reading '大日本帝國政府' (Imperial Japanese Government) across the upper field. Red overprinted characters '見本' (specimen) appear at left and right, with red serial number in parentheses at upper left.
Obverse lettering	大日本帝國政府五拾錢
Reverse description	Uniformly patterned blue guilloche border frames a central rectangular panel containing vertical Chinese-character text with anti-counterfeiting warnings. The denomination '50 SEN' appears in Western numerals and Latin script at upper left and upper right corners, with the large Chinese characters '五拾錢' displayed across the lower portion of the central panel. A diagonal red 'specimen' overprint is visible across the face of the note, and two cancellation punch holes are present.
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