4% Interims-Schein £100, unissued. green. We know of the sterling loans issued by Japan in 1907 and 1910, but this issue - of £50 million in 1905 has not been seen by us before. Only this one provisional bond (specimen) evidences this issue. Text in German, as this certificate was intended for the German markets. No less than 13, mainly German, banks are listed as being involved with this loan. Certainly extremely rare.