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50 Sen / Sen'
| Issuer | Императорское Японское правительство (Imperial Japanese Government) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 50 Sen |
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| Reverse description | Vertical format reverse printed entirely in red on a cream paper ground. The design centers on a large ornate oval guilloche medallion enclosing a block of Chinese text warning against counterfeiting; below the medallion a circular underprint seal with additional Chinese characters is printed in red. The overall composition is uncluttered, relying on the intricate lace-like guilloche border of the oval for visual security. |
| Reverse lettering | 此票一到卽換正面所開日本 通貨如有偽造變造或知 情行使者均應重罰云業 |
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Japan's wartime fiscal expansion during World War One pushed the government to issue fractional paper notes directly rather than rely on coin. The 50 Sen series of which P#15 is a part emerged from acute silver coin shortages — metal was being diverted, and the public was hoarding what circulated. Government-issued sen notes were a stopgap measure that outlasted the emergency by decades.
P#15 specifically falls within the Taisho-period emissions, printed domestically at the Government Printing Bureau in Tokyo. These notes were produced in very large quantities and circulated heavily in everyday retail transactions, which accounts for why high-grade survivors are genuinely uncommon despite the series' nominal abundance.