Imperial Japan Set #1
5 Yen 1944 ND Issue P55

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Set Details
Note Description: Japan, Bank of Japan
5 Yen SB148b ND (1944)
Grade: 63 EPQ
Country: JAP
Note Number: JAP55a
Certification #: 2240849-053  
Owner: RedWolfWhiteEagle
Sets Competing: Imperial Japan Set #1  Score: 529
Imperial Japan 1872-1945 P1-P60  Score: 529
Date Added: 3/19/2025
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. The shrine was dedicated to Michizane. Sugawara no Michizane (845 - 903). Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Obverse Color: Black on light green and purple underprint.
Reverse: Value in decorative guilloche.
Reverse Color: Green on light brown.
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seal.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko)
Date of Issue: 15th Dec. 1944
Demonetized: 2nd February 1946
Artist: Edoardo Chiossone (1833 - 1898) (designed it in 1888).
Total issue: Unknown
Block numbers: 95-98
Material: Cotton paper.
Printing method: Intaglio.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou).

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