Up for sale is my 1953-74 Japanese One Hundred (100) Yen Note. 
Will make an excellent addition to anyone's foreign note collection.
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100 Yen

100 Yen - obverse100 Yen - reverse


Features

IssuerJapan 
Issuing bankBank Of Japan  (日本銀行) 
EmperorShowa (1926-1989)
TypeStandard Banknote 
Years1953-1974
Value100 Yen
100 JPY = USD 0.67
CurrencyYen (1871-Date)
CompositionPaper
Size148 × 76 mm
ShapeRectangular
NumberN# 202546  
ReferencesP# 90,  JNDA# 11-74 

Series:  B

Obverse

Portrait of Taisuke Itagaki at right; denomination at left and in all four corners.

Script: Chinese 

Lettering: 
100             100
 PR 516548 G
       日本銀行券
100  日本銀行 百円
             板垣 退助
       PR 516548 G
100  大蔵省印刷局製造   100

Translation: 
Note of the Bank of Japan
Bank of Japan
100 yen
Taisuke Itagaki 
Manufactured by the Finance Ministry Printing Bureau 

Reverse

The Diet Building of Japan at center right; denomination at left.

Script: Latin 

Lettering: 
NIPPON GINKO

100

100 YEN

Translation: Bank of Japan 

Watermark

Paulownia pattern and 100 but it is difficult to see.

100 Yen -  obverse


Comments

Start of issue: 1st December 1953 
End of issue: 1st August 1974

Banknotes with a serial number of 900001 or greater are replacement notes.


DateNo. printedVGFVFXFAUUNCFrequency
ND (1953-1974)  518 400 0004%P#90a - single letter serial # prefix
ND (1953-1974)  
46%P#90b - double letter serial # prefix, light brown paper
ND (1953-1974)  
51%P#90c - double letter serial # prefix, white paper
ND (1953-1974)  0%P#90s - specimen with red overprint and perforated 見本