5 Yen US Military Currency - A-Note
Features
| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Year | 1946 |
| Value | 5 Yen (5 JPY) |
| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 112 × 66 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| References |
P#
68, Standard Catalog of World Paper Money
JNDA#
14-4 by Tracy L. Schmidt (Krause Publications) The Catalog of Japanese Coins and Banknotes
by Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (Japan Numismatic Dealers Association) |
Obverse
Black on light blue underprint and blue text, large A in underprint.
Lettering:
MILITARY CURRENCY
五 5
SERIES A
100
(serial number)
五 五
圓 FIVE YEN 圓
A SERIES 100
5 軍票 五
Translation:
5
5 5
Yen Yen
5
Military currency
Reverse
Brown . Big ornament.
Lettering:
ISSUED PURSUANT TO
MILITARY PROCLAMATION
オ行き基に告布事軍
Translation: Issued pursuant to military proclamation
Comments
Initially printed in the U.S.A., subsequently printed in Japan.
A-Notes were never legal tender for Japanese citizens and circulated only a few weeks in Japan in 1946.
They were also legal tender in Korea from September, 1945 until June, 1946.
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| Year | Signatures | No. printed | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND (1946) | |||||||||||||
| ND (1946) | H-prefix; replacement note | ||||||||||||
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