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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 8342106, member: 15588&quot;]Whether &quot;Silver Certificate&quot; accurately describes this type of Japanese bill or not, it seems to have served a similar purpose. The reverse explicitly states that the holder can cash it in for &quot;One Yen in Silver.&quot; To drive the point home further, it includes a picture of the reverse of a 1 Yen coin of the time (one of my favorite coins, minted up to 1914, pictured further below).</p><p><br /></p><p>The text beneath the portrait reads &quot;武内大臣&quot; (this era of Japanese read right to left) or &quot;Takenouchi no Sukune,&quot; a &quot;legendary minister&quot; to several Japanese emperors from 214 - 158 BCE. His image appears on many other older Japanese banknotes.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first certified bill that I&#039;ve ever purchased and I&#039;m wondering if the waviness of the surface is &quot;normal&quot; or expected. It didn&#039;t really show up in the dealer&#039;s photos. I photographed it to help bring out and emphasize the waves somewhat, but they are far less noticeable in hand. I bought it from a reputable site, so I&#039;m guessing that it&#039;s somewhat expected. Someone on this forum mentioned a while ago that printing older US bills involved water, so some waviness inevitably resulted. I don&#039;t know if that holds true for Japanese bills or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479342[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1479343[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1479344[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who haven&#039;t seen one before, here is one of the coins depicted on the back of the bill - a 1 Yen from 1914. Nothing against the bill, but I would likely pick the coin if asked to choose between the two.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479347[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479348[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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