| Slot: |
1/2 Yen 1872 ND Issue P3 |
| Item: |
Japan / Constitutional Monarchy
1/2 Yen ND (1872) |
| Grade: |
PMG XF 45 |
| Cert #: |
2320938-073
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Meiji Tsuho-Satsu with facing Onagadori cockerels at top and two facing dragons at bottom.
Obverse Color: Black on green under-print
Reverse: Guilloche pattern in center
Reverse Color: Brown
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Date of Issue: 1872
Printer: Dondorf and Naumann, Frankfurt, Germany.
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| Slot: |
1 Yen 1916 Convertible Silver Note P30 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
1 Yen ND (1916) - Wmk: Leaves |
| Grade: |
PMG 65 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
1741457-006
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Portrait of Takenouchi no Sukune on right. Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center. Western character serial #.
Reverse: One Yen coin on left.
Main colours: Black and light orange underprint.
Watermark: Leafy plant vines and vertical writing.
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| Slot: |
10 Yen 1930-31 ND Issue P40 |
| Item: |
Japan "U.S. Propaganda Leaflet"
10 Yen SB169-172 ND (1945) |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 |
| Cert #: |
8081259-002
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Owner Comments
Based on information from Psywarrior and World War II archives
“The Military Intelligence Hawaiian Department under Lt. Colonel Richardson was given the assignment to prepare four facsimile notes with different messages to the Japanese people on the back ... Our planes showered the notes over the countryside, knowing that 50 percent would fall and lay face or money side up and entice the greed of the finders.”
The notes were reproduced by lithography to resemble the genuine note.
There are four parodies of the Japanese 10-yen Bank of Japan convertible note of 1930 (Pick-40). All of the parodies bear the serial number 450941 and the block number 1124 on the front. One major difference is the Okura Kaijin seal, printed in red on genuine bills, appears in the same brown color as part of the body of the phoenix on the counterfeit. On the back, the notes are found with four different propaganda messages and the code numbers 2009, 2016, 2017 and 2034.
The Office of War Information (OWI) was the U.S. government's central propaganda agency during World War II (June 1942 - Sept 1945).
The OWI fact sheet for banknote leaflet 2017 says:
“To disrupt the civilian economy in Japan by encouraging demand for commodities in excess of the supply. Skepticism regarding the worth of Japanese war bonds is known to exist in Japan.
This fact is used to encourage the purchase of supplies and the resulting disruption of the civilian economy.”
The script printed on back states:
“Japanese!
What good is money in the bank or in bonds? Buy articles you need now and buy articles for future use. The remaining supply is low. As a result of the bombing by America, many of your stores will close their doors while others will be open only for limited periods.Buy food, clothing, and other necessities to tide you over these periods.
Money will not satisfy your hunger or clothe you. Bonds will not satisfy a baby’s cry. A wise person would buy now, not save his money. The present is not a time for money. It is a period for goods.”
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| Slot: |
20 Yen 1930-31 ND Issue P41 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
20 Yen ND (1931) |
| Grade: |
PMG AU 55 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8078014-003
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center. Pagoda of Danzan Shrine (1532)in Sakurai-shi, Nara ken. on left. Fujiwara no Kamatari (614-669) on right.
Obverse Colors: Black on green underprint.
Reverse: Danzan Shrine (built in 678) in Sakurai-shi, Nara ken. on left. Japanese text with denomination in English.
Reverse Colors: Blue and brown
Watermark: None
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of first issue: 1931
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou
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| Slot: |
10 Sen 1917 Paper Money Issue P46 |
| Item: |
Japan, Great Imperial Japanese Government
10 Sen 1918-19 |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8086119-003
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Owner Comments
Obverse Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-center. Red seal at left, denomination numeral at right.
Obverse color: Black on Orange underprint.
Reverse Color: Orange
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| Slot: |
20 Sen 1917 Paper Money Issue P47 |
| Item: |
Japan, Great Imperial Japanese Government
20 Sen 1917 |
| Grade: |
PMG AU 58 |
| Cert #: |
1769681-053
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Owner Comments
Obverse Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-center. Red seal at left, denomination numeral at right.
Obverse color: Black on Green underprint.
Reverse Color: Green
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| Slot: |
50 Sen 1917 Paper Money Issue P48 |
| Item: |
Japan, Great Imperial Japanese Government
50 Sen 1920-22 |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8030748-038
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Owner Comments
Obverse Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-center. Red seal at left, denomination numeral at right.
Obverse color: Black on Prink underprint.
Reverse Color: Pink
Taisho yr. 9, 10, or 11 (1920-22)
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| Slot: |
1 Yen 1943 ND Issue P49 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan "SPECIMEN"
1 Yen SB146as3J ND (1943) |
| Grade: |
PMG AU 58 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8061498-004
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom(kikukamon)- top center. Portrait of Takeuchi no Sukune (Takenouchi no Sukune). Stylized Japanese plum blossoms (Ume). Red “Mi-hon” (Specimen) overprint
Obverse Colors: Black and brown.
Reverse: Sun symbol top center. Ube shrine (Ube Jinja) in Tottori. Red “Mi-hon” (Specimen) overprint
Reverse color: Green and light Orange Brown.
Watermark: Japanese plum blossoms Ume.
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Artist: Edoardo Chiossone (1833 - 1898) (designed it in 1888).
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of first issue: 1943
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou).
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| Slot: |
10 Yen 1943 ND Issue P51 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan "Replacement"
10 Yen SB149 RE1 ND (1943) |
| Grade: |
PMG AU 53 |
| Cert #: |
1526530-001
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center. Kiji, the Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), Japan's national bird. Portrait of Wake no Kiyomaro (733 - 799) on right. Replacement / Star note
Obverse Colors: Black on Brown and Light Blue underprint.
Reverse: Sun symbol top center. Goou (Gooh) Jinja Shinto tutelary shrine (center), in Kyoto, where Wake no Kiyomaro was enshrined as Chinju (Tutelary Deity of Land).
Reverse Colors: Blue
Watermark: Ten Yen" in Kanji (Japanese characters)
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of first issue: 1943-1944
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou).
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| Slot: |
10 Yen 1944 ND Issue P56 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
10 Yen SB149 ND (1944-45) |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 |
| Cert #: |
2253273-024
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan (kikukamon) - a stylised chrysanthemum blossom at top center. Yumedono Pavilion (Hall of Dreams) in Ikaruga, Nara, which was once Prince Shotoku's private palace, Ikaruga no miya bottom left. Portrait of Prince Shotoku-taishi (Umayato) on the right. Red stylized Japanese plum blossoms (Ume) bottom center.
Obverse Color: Black on brown underprint of leaves.
Reverse: Horyu-ji Temple in Ikaruga, Nara, Japan. Sun symbol.
Reverse Color: Lilac
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seal.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko)
Date of Issue: 1944
Demonetized: 2 March 1946
Total issue: Unknown
Watermark: Kiri leaves.
Material: Cotton paper.
Printing method: Intaglio.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou).
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| Slot: |
50 Sen 1942 Paper Money Issue P59 |
| Item: |
Japan, Great Imperial Japanese Government
50 Sen 1942 - Wmk: Wavy Lines |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8067075-002
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Owner Comments
Obverse:The entrance to Yasukuni Shrine (1869) Chiyoda, Tokyo. Bird in flight. Stylized Japanese plum blossoms (Ume). Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center. Yasukuni Shrine.
Obverse Color: Black on Green and Brown underprint.
Reverse: Mount Norikura a potentially active volcano located on the borders of Gifu and Nagano prefectures
Reverse Color: Green
Watermark: Wavy lines and 50
Signatures: Treasury red seal.
Issuer: Nippon Ginko - Central Bank of Japan.
Date of first issue: 1942-1944
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Government.
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| Slot: |
50 Sen 1945 Paper Money Issue P60 |
| Item: |
Japan, Great Imperial Japanese Government
50 Sen 1945 |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8061930-022
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Owner Comments
Obverse: The entrance to Yasukuni Shrine (1869) Chiyoda, Tokyo. Bird in flight. Stylized Japanese plum blossoms (Ume). Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center. Yasukuni Shrine. Showa yr. 20
Obverse Color: Black on lilac underprint.
Reverse: Mount Norikura a potentially active volcano located on the borders of Gifu and Nagano prefectures.
Reverse Color: Green
Watermark: Wavy lines.
Signatures: Treasury red signature seal.
Issuer: Nippon Ginko - Central Bank of Japan.
Date of first issue: 1945
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Government. Specimen with overprint: MI-hon. Block #1.
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| Slot: |
50 Sen 1948 Paper Money Issue P61 |
| Item: |
Japan, Japanese Government
50 Sen ND (1948) |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
2179698-015
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919) on right
Obverse Color: Black on Lilac underprint.
Reverse: Diet Building (1936) Chiyoda, Tokyo. in center
Reverse Color: Green
Paper: White Paper
Signatures: Treasury red seal.
Date of first issue: 1948
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| Slot: |
10 Sen 1945-51 ND Issue P63 |
| Item: |
Japan / Allied Military Currency
10 Sen SB261 ND (1945) |
| Grade: |
PMG 67 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8066648-068
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Leafy designs.
Obverse Color: Blue and brown.
Reverse: Leafy designs.
Reverse Color: Dark Brown on Light Brown.
Material: Cotton paper.
Issuer: The Japanese Government.
Date of Issue: 1945
Total issue: Unknown
Usage: Following the end of World War II, the US military used a separate scrip called "A type yen" while "B type yen" were only used by the local civilians. Beginning in 1948, the A type yen was deprecated, and B type yen came to be used by military and civilians alike.
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| Slot: |
1 Yen 1945-51 ND Issue P66 |
| Item: |
Japan / Allied Military Currency
1 Yen SB253 ND (1946) |
| Grade: |
PMG 65 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8079609-001
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Leafy designs.
Obverse Color: Black, Dark Blue and light blue underprint. A in underprint.
Reverse: Leafy designs.
Reverse Color: Dark Brown on Light Brown.
Issuer: Allied Military Command.
Date of first issue: 1945.
Material: Cotton paper.
Usage: Following the end of World War II, the US military used a separate scrip called "A type yen" while "B type yen" were only used by the local civilians. Beginning in 1948, the A type yen was deprecated, and B type yen came to be used by military and civilians alike.
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