Imperial Japan Set #1
5 Yen 1930-31 ND Issue P39

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Set Details
Note Description: Japan, Bank of Japan
5 Yen SB935 ND (1930)
Grade: 63 EPQ
Country: JAP
Note Number: JAP39a
Certification #: 1869375-005  
Owner: RedWolfWhiteEagle
Sets Competing: Imperial Japan Set #1  Score: 298
Date Added: 2/20/2020
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center. Main prayer hall (haiden) of the Kitano Tenman-gu Shinto shrine (built in 947) in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, on left. The shrine was dedicated to Michizane. Green guilloche at center. Sugawara no Michizane on right (August 1, 845 – March 26, 903). Stylized Japanese plum blossoms (Ume) and Sumire, Fuji Dawn (Viola mandshurica) violet plants (in green).
Obverse Colors: Black on green and orange underprint.
Reverse: Sun symbol top center. Denomination '5" within stylised Ume blossom rosette.
Reverse Colors: Brown and olive.
Watermark: None
Artist: Edoardo Chiossone (1833 - 1898), (designed it in 1888).
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of first issue: 1930
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Dainihonteikoku seifunaikaku insatsukyoku seizou).

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