| 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 (more...)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. (less...)
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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 (more...)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 (less...)
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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 (more...)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 (less...)
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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 (more...)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 (less...)
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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 (more...)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) (less...)
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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 (more...)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). (less...)
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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 (more...)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). (less...)
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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 (more...)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). (less...)
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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 (more...)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. (less...)
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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 (more...)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. (less...)
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| Slot: |
10 Sen 1945-51 ND Issue P63 |
| Item: |
Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII
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 (more...)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. (less...)
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| Slot: |
1 Yen 1945-51 ND Issue P66 |
| Item: |
Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII
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: (more...)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. (less...)
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| Slot: |
1 Yen 1945-51 ND Issue P67 |
| Item: |
Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII
1 Yen SB263a ND (1945) - "B" in Unpt. |
| Grade: |
PMG 65 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
1780460-055
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Leafy designs.
Obverse Colors: Black, Dark Blue and light blue underprint. B in underprint.
Reverse: (more...)Obverse: Leafy designs.
Obverse Colors: Black, Dark Blue and light blue underprint. B in underprint.
Reverse: Leafy designs.
Reverse Colors: Dark Brown on Light Brown.
Issuer: Allied Military Command.
Date of first issue: 1945-51
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. (less...)
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| Slot: |
5 Yen 1945-51 ND Issue P69 |
| Item: |
Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII
5 Yen SB264a ND (1945) - "B" in Unpt. |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 |
| Cert #: |
8069875-003
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Leafy designs.
Obverse Colors: Black, Dark Blue and light blue underprint. B in underprint.
Reverse: (more...)Obverse: Leafy designs.
Obverse Colors: Black, Dark Blue and light blue underprint. B in underprint.
Reverse: Leafy designs.
Reverse Colors: Dark Brown on Light Brown.
Issuer: Allied Military Command.
Date of first issue: 1945-51
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. (less...)
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| Slot: |
10 Yen 1945 ND Issue P77 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
10 Yen ND (1945) - Wmk: Quatrefoil |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
2500361-076
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center. Japan's national bird. (more...)Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center. Japan's national bird. Portrait of Wake no Kiyomaro (733 - 799) in center. Kijiji, two Green Pheasants (Phasianus versicolor) framing on each side of portrait with bouquet of cherry blossoms on bottom.
Obverse Color: Black on Gray 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 Color: Brown
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Date of first issue: 1945 (less...)
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