Tucked into one of the letters home following the occupation of Okinawa, I found a wad of Imperial bills. They are pretty nifty, I must say.

Imperial Japanese currency (front); one

Imperial Japanese currency (front); one

Imperial Japanese currency (back); one

Imperial Japanese currency (back); one

The duplicates are of particular interest because you can see the level of variation in the bills from lack of quality control on production. Colors vary in saturation and the image is placed inconsistently on the paper.

Imperial Japanese currency (front); five

Imperial Japanese currency (front); five

Imperial Japanese currency (back); five

Imperial Japanese currency (back); five

Imperial Japanese currency (front); five

Imperial Japanese currency (front); five

Imperial Japanese currency (back); five

Imperial Japanese currency (back); five

Imperial Japanese currency (front); ten

Imperial Japanese currency (front); ten

Imperial Japanese currency (back); ten

Imperial Japanese currency (back); ten

Imperial Japanese currency (front); ten

Imperial Japanese currency (front); ten

Imperial Japanese currency (back); ten

Imperial Japanese currency (back); ten

Imperial Japanese currency (front); fifty

Imperial Japanese currency (front); fifty

Imperial Japanese currency (back); fifty

Imperial Japanese currency (back); fifty

I really like the Samurai detail.

Samurai detail from five bill

Samurai detail from five bill