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Dai-Ichi Bank Note 50 Sen

1904　・　paper　・　20th century　・　Dai-Ichi Bank, Ltd.

Dai-Ichi Bank Note 50 Sen（obverse）obverseDai-Ichi Bank Note 50 Sen（reverse）reverse
Dai-Ichi Ginko (the First National Bank of Japan) / Public domain（Wikimedia Commons）

A 50 sen note from 1904. It is a fractional note used for amounts less than one yen. The vertical design is common to early Dai-Ichi Bank notes, preserving the paper's form before the transition to the horizontal format of the five-yen and ten-yen notes.