10 sen note

The 10 sen note (十銭紙幣) was a denomination of Japanese yen issued in four different series from 1872 to 1947 for use in commerce. Meiji Tsūhō notes are the first modern banknotes issued after Japanese officials studied western culture. There circulated alongside ten sen coins until their withdrawal in 1887. The subsequent series were influenced by World War I and World War II; fractional ten sen notes were issued due to a coin shortage caused by the first war. They were suspended in the early 1920s and later demonetized in 1948. The final two series were issued by the Bank of Japan, not the treasury. The initial series was released as ten sen coins could no longer be produced, and the 'A' series was introduced post-war to combat inflation. Both were demonetized by the end of 1953, following a law that favored the yen over subsidiary notes. Ten sen notes are now collected and traded based on their condition.