Japan 1 Yen ND (1873)

幣紙用通國帝本日大 圓壹　　　　　　　　　　　圓壹 　　記録頭　記録頭　出納頭　出納頭 此紙幣の引當として日本政府の公債證書を東亰大藏省の出納寮に預候也 濃信 山飯 行銀立國四十二第 此紙幣を持参の人𛀁は何時たりとも壹圓相渡可申候也

Black print; black redemption statement; red, dark-blue, and light-green seals; red serial number in Arabic (Ministry of Finance); dark-green vertical serial number in Chinese (National bank); red bank name; black officials' names. Sailing ship, on the left. Full-length figure of Daji, the warrior during reign of Emperor Nintoku, facing left, holding bow with both hands, on the right. (Alternative explanation: Minamoto Tametomo a man of immense strength and 7 ft tall, which sunk a ship like that depicted here with arrows.) Serial number in Arabic (red; Ministry of Finance) consist of one Latin alphabet, A to J, following by up to 6 digits number. Serial number in kanji (green vertical; Ministry of Finance) consist of one Kanji of Earthly Branches, 子 to 酉, following by up to 6 digits number.

開港場輸出入税并に公債利息の外は此紙幣日本國中書面の金高に通用いたし政府𛀁可差出諸租税上納金或は政府より可渡俸給諸拂等にも無差支相用ふべきもの也 1　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　1 圓壹　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　圓壹 此紙幣を贋造する者或ハ贋造の紙幣を通用する者或ハ贋造の版を所持する者或ハ此紙幣に用ふる紙肉を贋造する者ハ何れも皆國法を以て之を厳科に處すもの也

Green and black print; red seal. Defeat of Mongol warriors in Hakata Harbor. Flanked by depiction of gold 1 Yen coin; obverse on the right and reverse on the left.