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Hong Kong Signature Currency Sale 4013 26-27 Jun 2019
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Japan Greater Japan Imperial National Bank, Yokohama #2 2 Yen ND (1873) Pick 11 JNDA 11-13 PMG Very Fine 25. An eye appealing Yokohama Branch #2 example from the first National Bank issue which were printed by the Continental Banknote Company in New York. The face of this 2 yen features two vignettes of the 14th century warriors Kojima no Takanori and Nitta no Yoshisada and the back features a central vignette of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo flanked by the 1870 2 yen gold coin. A highly desirable example in this grade, as no examples above a Very Fine 30 are registered in the PMG Population Report. Comments of splits and rust are annotated on the holder. From the Yuri Solovey Collection of Japan and Territories HID08701242017
Estimate: 7000-9000 USD
Japan Greater Japan Imperial National Bank, Yokohama #2 2 Yen ND (1873) Pick 11 JNDA 11-13 PMG Very Fine 25. An eye appealing Yokohama Branch #2 example from the first National Bank issue which were printed by the Continental Banknote Company in New York. The face of this 2 yen features two vignettes of the 14th century warriors Kojima no Takanori and Nitta no Yoshisada and the back features a central vignette of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo flanked by the 1870 2 yen gold coin. A highly desirable example in this grade, as no examples above a Very Fine 30 are registered in the PMG Population Report. Comments of splits and rust are annotated on the holder. From the Yuri Solovey Collection of Japan and Territories HID08701242017
Estimate: 7000-9000 USD