Maroon, issuing authority and value in decorative border.
Reverse description
Value in guilloches.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
The Japanese Government
Five Cents
MT MT
大大 府政国帝本日大
臣蔵 (Translation: Minister of Finance Imperial Government of Great Japan)
Reverse lettering
Variants
There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint "in silver" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.
