20 Sen

Features

Issuer	Japan
Issuing entity	Great Imperial Japanese Government
Emperor	Taishō (1912-1926)
Type	Standard banknote
Years	6-8 (1917-1919)
Calendar	Japanese - Taishō era
Value	20 Sen (0.20 JPY)
Currency	Yen (1871-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	92 × 58 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	31 August 1948
Number	N# 264735 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	P# 47, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. And 2 more volumes. JNDA# 11-39 Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (editor); 2020. 日本貨幣カタログ = The Catalog of Japanese Currency. Self-published, Tokyo, Japan.

Obverse

Black on green underprint.
Red seal of the Minister of Finance at left; denomination in center; as numeral at right.

Lettering:
拾貳　　　　　　　　　　　　　　拾貳
　　　幣紙府政國帝本日大　　{34}
　大大　　　　　　　　　　20
　臣蔵　　　錢拾貳
　　　　行發年七正大
　{34}
拾貳　造幣局刷印府政國帝本日大　拾貳

Translation:
Twenty　　　twenty
Great Imperial Japanese Government note
Minister of Finance
Twenty sen
Issued in the year 7 of Taishō
Printed by the Great Japan Imperial Government Printing Bureau
Twenty　　　twenty

Reverse

Denomination in Japanese and counterfeiters warning in big guilloche.

Lettering:
　錢　拾　貳

　ハテ或幣
ス國通ハヲ此
ベ法用贋贋紙
シニス造造
　處ルトシ
　　者知

　錢　拾 　貳

Translation:
Twenty sen
Those who counterfeit these banknotes, or know them to be counterfeit and use them, shall be subject to the laws of Japan.
Twenty sen

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