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| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 2004-2022 |
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| Printer | National Printing Bureau (国立印刷局), Japan |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour intaglio and offset print on a complex guilloche underprint; portrait vignette of FUKUZAWA Yukichi in three-quarter bust facing slightly left, positioned to the right of centre, with the denomination in Kanji characters at left centre and the Bank of Japan Governor's seal at lower left. A kinegram hologram at lower left cycles through the denomination numerals '10000', the Bank of Japan emblem surrounded by sakura cherry blossoms, and repeated 'NIPPON' legends depending on viewing angle; EURion constellation elements appear at upper left and upper right of the central watermark window, with a latent image rendering '10000' visible at low viewing angles below the red seal, tactile L-shaped and reversed-L-shaped raised marks at the lower corners, and left and right edges finished with optically variable ink exhibiting a pink iridescence at oblique angles. Microtext reading 'NIPPONGINKO' runs in repeated bands behind the Kanji denomination and below the upper-right numeral, with additional microtext lines of '10000', 'NIPPON', and 'GINKO' behind the lower serial number panel; serial numbers consist of one or two Latin alphabet prefix letters, six digits, and one Latin alphabet suffix letter. |
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| Reverse lettering | NIPPON GINKO 10000 10000 YEN |
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| Protection description | Yukichi Fukuzawa portrait in the central window with three vertical bars to the right; embedded security thread; kinegram hologram at lower left of obverse cycling through '10000', Bank of Japan emblem with sakura, and 'NIPPON' legends; optically variable ink on left and right edges of obverse producing pink iridescence at oblique angles; latent image '10000' visible below the red seal at low viewing angle; 'NIPPONGINKO' and '10000'/'NIPPON'/'GINKO' microtext in multiple locations on obverse and reverse; EURion constellation patterns on both sides; tactile L-shaped and reversed-L-shaped raised marks at lower corners of obverse |
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