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Original – One Yen (1873) of the Japanese constitutional monarchy and the second issue of Yen banknotes. Engraved and printed by the Continental Bank Note Company of New York, later part of the American Bank Note Company.[nb 1]
Reason
High quality image, high EV. Rare in this (high) grade.
Articles in which these images appear
Japanese yen
FP category for this image
Currency
Creator
Continental Bank Note Company (later the American Bank Note Company), for the Constitutional monarchy of Japan.
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.
Notes
  1. ^ For comparison purposes, this banknote (part of a series) was engraved and printed by the Continental Bank Note Company at roughly the same time.

Promoted File:JAPAN-10-Constitutional Monarchy-One Yen (1873).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]