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Message:: [QUOTE="hontonai, post: 269027, member: 4703"](All of the following Japanese Numismatic Dealers Association valuations are based on the 2007 Edition of the  JNDA Catalog, and the apparent condition shown in the picture.) #1 is a Bank of Japan ("Nippon Gilnko") 1 yen note.  The closest match I can find is JNDA #11-29 , which has some minor differences in the numbering shown.  It's a Meiji 22 (1889) issue, cataloged at ~¥60,000 ($530). #2 is a US Military ¥1 occupation note from the 1945-47 period, JNDA #14-13, cataloged at ~¥300 ($2.65) #3, as already noted by  SCNuss, is a Japanese invasion 5 centavo note issued during their occupation of the Phillipines (approximately 1942-44), JNDA #13-84, <¥200 ($1.75). #4 is a Japanese Government 50 sen note, JNDA #11-61, issued during Showa 17-23 (1942-48) and depicting the notorious Yasukini Shrine honoring Japan's war dead.  Catalog value is ~¥1,000 ($8.85). Due to general lack of demand here, most US dealers I've seen handling them at all buy Japanese notes at 50% or less than their JNDA values, and sell them at 75-100% of those valuations.[/QUOTE]