Imperial Japan Specimen Set P1-P60
5 YEN 1942 ISSUE P43

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Note Description: Japan, Bank of Japan "SPECIMEN"
5 Yen ND (1942) - Regular S/N
Grade: VF 35
Country: JAP
Note Number: JAP43s2
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 - Ovpt. Vermilion "Mi-hon"
Certification #: 2373070-001  
Owner: RedWolfWhiteEagle
Sets Competing: Imperial Japan Specimen Set P1-P60  Score: 50
Date Added: 5/5/2025
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).
Obverse Colors: Black on Green and Orange underprint.
Reverse: Sun symbol top center
Reverse Colors: Red-Brown and Lilac.
Watermark: Flowery ornamental design.
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Specimen type: Stamped Mi-Hon in red, four punch out holes.
Artist: Edoardo Chiossone (1833 - 1898) (designed it in 1888).
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of first issue: 1930
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou).

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