I would like to find out more about this Japanese Note. From the George Cuhaj's 12th edition on World Paper Money, I believe it was printed in the late 1800"s under the Constitutional Monarchy -- but I do not know and would like more information to identify the note, and also more information on its worth. Thank you so much.
It is the one yen note. Since you obviously have access to the Standard Catalog and have looked it up, you know what the catalog said about value. Catalog is probably a little low on this note as scarcer Japanese material often does better.
Thank you -- 1 Yen, not a 5 Yen Thank you for the information that this is a 1 Yen note. I wasn't sure if it were a 1 Yen or a 5 Yen Note. How did you identify it as a 1 Yen Note??? Thank you so much. View attachment 122856 View attachment 122857 [/QUOTE]
Probably the same way I did - reading the two large characters in the center of the note. The one on the right is the traditional character for "1", and the one on the left is the old way of writing "yen". The note was issued from September 9, 1883 to December 31, 1869 and is referred to as a "Jinko" note, because it pictures the legendary Empress Jingu (alternate romanization), who served as regent for 69 years from the death of her husband in the year 200 C.E., to the ascension of her son in 269. There are no known representations of her appearance, so the picture on the Meiji Era 1, 5 and 10 yen notes is purely an artistic production.
