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Obverse Description
Japanese text; Takebe Shrine in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan; Yamato Takeru (legendary prince of Japan)
Reverse Description
English and Japanese text; 日本銀行 in vertical red seal script (only left side visible); red 株式會社臺湾銀行 (Taiwan Bank Ltd
Catalog Information
GSID:
139034
Variety:
Vertical red 見本 ovpt front; horizontal red boxed hollow SPECIMEN ovpt back; normal s/n
BNB #:
B320as
Pick #:
China P1933as
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Request Pricing No date No sig Intro: 29 09 1899 Unconfirmed
Uniface front/back proofs; two vertical red 見本 ovpts front/back, one boxed, one not boxed; no s/n
Uniface front/back proofs; vertical red 見本 ovpt front; no s/n
No date No sig Intro: 25 12 1899 Unconfirmed
Uniface front/back proofs; two vertical red 見本 ovpts front/back, one boxed, one not boxed; no s/n
No date No sig Intro: 01 02 1901 Unconfirmed
Uniface front/back proofs; two vertical red 見本 ovpts front/back, one boxed, one not boxed; no s/n
No date No sig Intro: 01 12 1900 Unconfirmed
Uniface front/back proofs; two vertical red 見本 ovpts front/back, one boxed, one not boxed; no s/n
No date No sig Series A - S Intro: 01 07 1904
Worth: $35 – $800
Uniface front/back proofs; two vertical red boxed 見本 ovpts front/back; s/n A ◯◯◯◯◯◯◯
No date No sig Series A - C Intro: 26 08 1904
Worth: $300 – $3,600
Two vertical red boxed 見本 ovpts front/back; s/n A ◯◯◯◯◯◯◯
Vertical red hollow 見本 ovpt front; two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts back; s/n C ◯◯◯◯◯◯◯
No date No sig Series A - B Intro: 01 08 1906
Worth: $300 – $1,200
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