10 Yen (1930) (Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan (kikukamon) - a stylised chrysanthemum blossom. Kiji, the Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), Japan's national bird. Wake no Kiyomaro (733 - 799). Reverse: Goou (Gooh) Jinja Shinto tutelary shrine, Kyoto where Wake no Kiyomaro was enshrined as Chinju (Tutelary Deity of Land). Sun symbol. Watermark: Japanese Kanji characters. Colours: Black, brown and olive-green. Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals. Artist: Unknown. Issuer: Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko: 日本銀行). Date of first issue: 21 May 1930. Withdrawn: 2 March 1946. Material: Cotton paper. Printing method: Intaglio. Printer: 国立印刷局. 造幣局刷印閣内府政國帝本日大 (大日本帝國政府内閣印刷局幣造). Printing Bureau of the Japanese Imperial Government (Dainihonteikoku seifunaikaku insatsukyoku seizou))
Dimensions: 143 x 81 mm
Catalogue Number: P-40a (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications)
Texts: Nippon Ginko Da Kan Gin Ken. 券換究行銀本日 (日本銀行究換券). This banknote can be exchanged to ten yen gold coin. Kono ken hikikae ni kinka ju en aiwatari ka moushi sourou. 拾圓 (Jūen). Ten Yen. 此券引換に金貨拾圓相渡可申候.
Dimensions: 143 x 81 mm
Catalogue Number: P-40a (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications)
Texts: Nippon Ginko Da Kan Gin Ken. 券換究行銀本日 (日本銀行究換券). This banknote can be exchanged to ten yen gold coin. Kono ken hikikae ni kinka ju en aiwatari ka moushi sourou. 拾圓 (Jūen). Ten Yen. 此券引換に金貨拾圓相渡可申候.
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