Reg. Blank <spambin4me@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

> > <http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/History/money-Japan-50.html>
> > 
> > Question: If it was, in fact, called that, was it ever used as such?
> 
> Does that say "Year 2598 A.D." on the front?  If so, is that the 
> Japanese A.D.?

Good grief--so it does. 

But it also says "Showa 13" down the other edge. Does *kigen* always
mean "AD"? (Is Jimmu assumed to have become emperor in 660 BC? In which
case, 1938 + 660 = 2598?)

(Thinks: Was money printed in 1938 still around during the Korean War?
Does banknote paper last that well?)

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