Benjo kami?
Louise Bremner
Question: If it was, in fact, called that, was it ever used as such?
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Reg. Blank
> <http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/History/money-Japan-50.html>
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> 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.?
Reg.
Louise Bremner
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?)
Scott Reynolds
> Reg. Blank <spamb...@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
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>>><http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/History/money-Japan-50.html>
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>>>Question: If it was, in fact, called that, was it ever used as such?
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>>Does that say "Year 2598 A.D." on the front? If so, is that the
>>Japanese A.D.?
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> 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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