10 Sen US Military Currency - B-Note

Features

Issuer	Japan
Issuing entity	Allied Military Command
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1945
Value	10 Sen (0.10 JPY)
Currency	Yen (1871-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	78 × 66 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	15 May 1958
Number	N# 203389
References	P# 63 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , JNDA# 14-15 Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (publisher). 日本貨幣カタログ. Japan Numismatic Dealers Association, Tokyo, Japan (37 volumes).

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Obverse

Black on light blue underprint and magenta text, large B in underprint.

Scripts: Chinese, Latin

Lettering:
MILITARY CURRENCY
SERIES 　錢拾　10 SEN
100　　　　　　　　B
拾　　A 02320474 A
　　B
　　TEN SEN
　　　　SERIES 100　10　　　
　　　　　　　　　SEN
　　　　軍票

Translation:
10 sen
10
Military currency

Reverse

Brown. Ornament and oak twigs.

Scripts: Chinese, Hiragana, Latin

Lettering:
す行發き基に告布事軍

ISSUED PURSUANT TO
MILITARY PROCLAMATION

Translation: Issued pursuant to military proclamation

Comments

Initially printed in the U.S.A., subsequently printed in Japan.
Notes with B underprint were legal tender for Japanese citizens from September 1945 until July 1948.
B yen were used in Okinawa until 1958.

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Date	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1945)	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 2.00	$ 4.20	$ 4.30	$ 5.80		96%
ND (1945)								H-prefix; replacement note	0%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 89 Lot 970	10 Jul 2023	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 59 Lot 104	23 Apr 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 11.57 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 91 Lot 1548	8 Aug 2023	Undetermined	XF	USD 5.79 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 195 Lot 92	23 May 2026	Undetermined		USD 28.94 (EUR 25.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 189 Lot 150	3 Apr 2026	Undetermined		USD 28.94 (EUR 25.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 179 Lot 199	27 Dec 2025	Undetermined		USD 31.25 (EUR 27.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 178 Lot 198	13 Dec 2025	Undetermined		USD 34.72 (EUR 30.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 170 Lot 99	23 Sep 2025	Undetermined		Unsold
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	Katz Auction 164 Lot 2188	1 Aug 2025	Undetermined		USD 27.78 (EUR 24.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 160 Lot 80	11 Jun 2025	Undetermined		Unsold
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