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10 Yen 1945 ND Issue P77a |
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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. 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
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10 Yen 1945 ND Issue P77b |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
10 Yen ND (1945) - Without Wmk |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 |
| Cert #: |
8054122-049
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Owner Comments
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
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100 Yen 1945 ND Issue P78A |
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Japan, Bank of Japan
100 Yen ND (1945) - Wmk: Kiri Leaves |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
6064956-005
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center, surrounded by cloud and wind designed. At center is Prince Shotoku (Shotoku Taishi, February 7, 574 – April 8, 622) also known as Prince Umayado (Umayado no ojî) or Prince Kamitsumiya (Kamitsumiya no oji), was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Shikoku. He was the son of Emperor Yomei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, who was also Yomei's younger half-sister. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan and also he was involved in the defeat of the rival Mononobe clan. The Prince is renowned for modernizing the government administration and for promoting Buddhism in Japan. Block number 44-190.
Obverse Color: Black on Shaded gray to dull gray-green to gray underprint.
Reverse: Sun symbol top center. At center, Horyu-ji Temple, a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture Japan. Its full name is Horyu Gakumonji, or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery. The temple was founded by Prince Shotoku in 607, but according to the Nihon Shoki, in 670 all buildings were burned down by lightning. However, reconstructed at least 1,300 years ago, the Kondo (main hall) is widely recognized as the world's oldest wooden building. All within a frame of stylized flames
Reverse Color: Dark Green
Watermark: Kiri Leaves
Issuer: The Japanese Government.
Date of Issue: 1945 Total issue: Unknown
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10 Yen 1946 Provisional Issue P79d |
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Japan, Bank of Japan
10 Yen ND (1946) |
| Grade: |
PMG 63 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
1879413-054
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Owner Comments
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. 10 Yen Affixed to 10 Yen #77.
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: 1946
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5 Sen 1946-51 ND Issue P83 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
5 Sen ND (1948) |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8056588-018
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Plum blossoms (Prunus mume).
Obverse Color: Black on yellow underprint.
Reverse: Leafy ornaments.
Reverse Color: Burnt Orange
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seal.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 1948.
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou).
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10 Sen 1946-51 ND Issue P84 |
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Japan, Bank of Japan
10 Sen ND (1947) |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8067075-004
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan (kikukamon) - a stylised chrysanthemum blossom. Pigeons in flight.
Obverse Color: Black on blue underprint.
Reverse: Sun symbol. National Diet (Parliament) building in Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Reverse Color: Light red-brown.
Signatures: Red signature seal.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 5 September 1947.
Withdrawn: 31 December 1953.
Lapse: 30 June 1954.
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou).
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1 Yen 1946-51 ND Issue P85 |
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Japan, Bank of Japan
1 Yen SB942 ND (1946) |
| Grade: |
PMG 67 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8086127-001
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan (kikukamon) - a stylised chrysanthemum blossom. Cockerel (rooster) sitting on wheat ears and corn in center. Ninomiya Sontoku (1787-1856) was a prominent 19th-century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist. on right.
Obverse Colors: Black on light brown underprint.
Reverse: Sun symbol. Leafy guilloche design.
Reverse Colors: Blue
Signatures: Red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 19 March 1946.
Issue ceased: 1 October 1958.
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou).
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5 Yen 1946-51 ND Issue P86 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
5 Yen SB943 ND (1946) |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8040985-095
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan (kikukamon) - a stylised chrysanthemum blossom on top right
Obverse Color: Dark brown on green underprint without vignette.
Reverse: Sun symbol.
Reverse Color: Gray Blue
Signatures: Red signature seals.
Date of first issue: 1946
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10 Yen 1946-51 ND Issue P87 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
10 Yen SB944 ND (1946) |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8059298-052
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Owner Comments
Obverse: National Diet (Parliament) building in Nagata-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo on left. Imperial Seal of Japan (kikukamon) - a stylized chrysanthemum blossom on top right, Stylized cockerel (rooster) on right
Obverse Color: Black and green
Reverse: Stylized guilloche design.
Reverse Colors: Green.
Signatures: Red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 25 February 1946.
Ceased issue: 1 April 1955
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Government (Naikaku insatsukyoku seizou).
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50 Yen 1946-51 ND Issue P88 |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
50 Yen ND (1951) |
| Grade: |
PMG 67 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8061931-026
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan Takahashi Korekiyo on right.
Obverse Color: Black on orange and olive underprint.
Reverse: Bank of Japan building at left.
Reverse Colors: Brown on Lilac under print
Watermark: Repeated designs.
Signatures: Red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 1951
Material: Cotton paper.
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100 Yen 1946-51 ND Issue P89a |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
100 Yen SB945a ND (1946) |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
1802855-042
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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 Lilac under print
Reverse: Horyu-ji Temple in Ikaruga, Nara, Japan. Sun symbol.
Reverse Color: Dark Blue on Light Green under print
Watermark: Kiri leaves (Paulownia tomentosa).
Security features: Watermark. Running serial numbers.
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 1946.
Withdrawn: 1950-51.
Material: Cotton paper.
Printer: Printing Bureau of the Japanese Imperial Government (Dainihonteikoku seifunaikaku insatsukyoku seizou).
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100 Yen 1950-58 ND Issue P90a |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
100 Yen ND (1953) |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
1817890-008
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Itagaki Taisuke (21 May 1837 – 16 July 1919) was a Japanese soldier, politician and leader of the Freedoms and People’s Rights Movement (??????, Jiyu Minken Undo), which evolved into Japan's first political party. “Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, (present day Kochi Prefecture), After studies in Kochi and Edo, he was appointed sobayonin (councillor) to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige, in charge of accounts and military matters at the domain's Edo residence in 1861. He disagreed with the domain’s official policy of kobu gattai (reconciliation between the Imperial Court and the Tokugawa shogunate), in 1867–1868, he met with Saigo Takamori of the Satsuma Domain, and agreed to pledge Tosa's forces in the effort to overthrow the shogun in the upcoming Meiji Restoration. During the Boshin War, he emerged as the principal political figure from Tosa domain as a leader of the Jinshotai assault force, and claimed a place in the new Meiji government after the Tokugawa defeat.” Single letter serial number prefix.
Obverse Color: Plum violet on Grayish Pink and Olive Green and Sky Blue underprint
Reverse: National Diet Building on center right, located in Tokyo, was completed in 1936, and is constructed out of purely Japanese materials, with the exception of the stained glass, door locks, and pneumatic tube system. Sessions of the House of Representatives take place in the left wing and sessions of the House of Councillors in the right wing.
Reverse Color: Raspberry-violet
Paper: Light Brown
Signatures: Red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 1953
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100 Yen 1950-58 ND Issue P90b |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
100 Yen ND (1953) - Light Brown Paper |
| Grade: |
PMG 68 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8071636-044
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Itagaki Taisuke (21 May 1837 – 16 July 1919) was a Japanese soldier, politician and leader of the Freedoms and People’s Rights Movement (??????, Jiyu Minken Undo), which evolved into Japan's first political party. “Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, (present day Kochi Prefecture), After studies in Kochi and Edo, he was appointed sobayonin (councillor) to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige, in charge of accounts and military matters at the domain's Edo residence in 1861. He disagreed with the domain’s official policy of kobu gattai (reconciliation between the Imperial Court and the Tokugawa shogunate), in 1867–1868, he met with Saigo Takamori of the Satsuma Domain, and agreed to pledge Tosa's forces in the effort to overthrow the shogun in the upcoming Meiji Restoration. During the Boshin War, he emerged as the principal political figure from Tosa domain as a leader of the Jinshotai assault force, and claimed a place in the new Meiji government after the Tokugawa defeat.” Double letter serial number prefix.
Obverse Color: Plum violet on Grayish Pink and Olive Green and Sky Blue underprint
Reverse: National Diet Building on center right, located in Tokyo, was completed in 1936, and is constructed out of purely Japanese materials, with the exception of the stained glass, door locks, and pneumatic tube system. Sessions of the House of Representatives take place in the left wing and sessions of the House of Councillors in the right wing.
Reverse Color: Raspberry-violet
Paper: Light Brown
Signatures: Red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 1953
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100 Yen 1950-58 ND Issue P90c |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
100 Yen ND (1953) - White Paper |
| Grade: |
PMG 66 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
8074014-008
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Itagaki Taisuke (21 May 1837 – 16 July 1919) was a Japanese soldier, politician and leader of the Freedoms and People’s Rights Movement (??????, Jiyu Minken Undo), which evolved into Japan's first political party. “Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, (present day Kochi Prefecture), After studies in Kochi and Edo, he was appointed sobayonin (councillor) to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige, in charge of accounts and military matters at the domain's Edo residence in 1861. He disagreed with the domain’s official policy of kobu gattai (reconciliation between the Imperial Court and the Tokugawa shogunate), in 1867–1868, he met with Saigo Takamori of the Satsuma Domain, and agreed to pledge Tosa's forces in the effort to overthrow the shogun in the upcoming Meiji Restoration. During the Boshin War, he emerged as the principal political figure from Tosa domain as a leader of the Jinshotai assault force, and claimed a place in the new Meiji government after the Tokugawa defeat.” Double letter serial number prefix.
Obverse Color: Plum violet on Grayish Pink and Olive Green and Sky Blue underprint
Reverse: National Diet Building on center right, located in Tokyo, was completed in 1936, and is constructed out of purely Japanese materials, with the exception of the stained glass, door locks, and pneumatic tube system. Sessions of the House of Representatives take place in the left wing and sessions of the House of Councillors in the right wing.
Reverse Color: Raspberry-violet
Paper: White Paper
Signatures: Red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 1953
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500 Yen 1950-58 ND Issue P91a |
| Item: |
Japan, Bank of Japan
500 Yen ND (1951) - Wmk: 500 |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
1188459-002
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Iwakura Tomomi (October 26, 1825 – July 20, 1883) at right. “Was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period. He was adopted by the influential Iwakura family, and became perhaps the single most influential leader of the nobility during Japan's transition from feudalism to modernity. By 1858 he was an advisor to the Emperor, but was exiled from the royal court from 1862 to 1867 for his moderation. After release he became the liaison between the court and the anti-Tokugawa movement. He played a central role in the new Meiji government after 1868. He successfully opposed aggressive policies in Korea in the crisis of 1873, and was nearly assassinated by his enemies. He led the 50-member Iwakura Mission for 18 months in Europe and America, studying modern institutions, technology, and diplomacy. The Mission promoted many the key reforms that quickly modernized Japan. He promoted a strong imperial system along Western lines, and played a central role in creating financial institutions for the new nation.”
Obverse Color: Blue on multicolor underprint.
Reverse: Mount Fuji - Fuji-san -12,388' (3,776 meters) - symbol of Japan. Sun symbol - Bank of Japan seal.
Reverse Color: Gray and pale green.
Paper: cream paper
Signatures: Red signature seals.
Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko).
Date of issue: 1951
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