On 10/31/2003 2:48 PM, Louise Bremner wrote:

> 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?)

I suppose that depends on how many times you use it as benjo-kami.

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