Black on pink underprint. Red seal of the Minister of Finance at left; denomination in center; as numeral at right.
Reverse description
Denomination in Japanese and counterfeiters warning in big guilloche.
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Obverse lettering
拾五 拾五 幣紙府政國帝本日大 {470} 大大 50 臣蔵 錢拾五 行發年一十正大 {470} 錢拾五 造幣局刷印府政國帝本日大 錢拾五 (Translation: Fifty fifty Great Imperial Japanese Government note Minister of Finance Fifty sen Issued in the year 11 of Taishō Printed by the Great Japan Imperial Government Printing Bureau Fifty sen fifty sen)
Reverse lettering
法ル通 五 ト或ヲ此 ベニ者用 拾 知ハ贋紙 シ處ハス 錢 テ贋造幣 ス國 造シ (Translation: Fifty sen Those who counterfeit these banknotes, or know them to be counterfeit and use them, shall be subject to the laws of Japan.)