Asia: Japan
Japan pick 58a: 50 Sen from 1938
1938. Black on yellow and blue underprint. Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms. (Showa yr. 13 at l.) Back: Light green.
Japan pick 59b: 50 Sen from 1942
1942-1944. Black on green and brown underprint. Yasukuni Shrine. Back: Green. Mountain at center. Showa yr. 18 (middle and second from bottom characters in text at very right are 十八).
Japan pick 69a: 5 Yen from 1945
ND (1945). Black on light blue underprint. B in underprint. Back: Brown. Serial number prefix - suffix A-A.
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Japan pick 85a: 1 Yen from 1946
ND (1946). Black on light brown underprint. Cockerel at lower center, portrait Ninomiya Sontoku at right. Back: Blue.
Japan pick 90b: 100 Yen from 1953
ND (1953). Brown-violet on green and multicolor underprint. Portrait Itagaki Taisuke at right. Back: Diet building at right.12 varieties exist. Double letter serial number prefix. Light brown paper.
Japan pick 95b: 500 Yen from 1969
ND (1969). Blue on multicolored underprint. Tomomi Iwakura at right. Back steel blue; Mount Fuji at left center. Watermark: five petaled flower. Double letter serial number prefix.