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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 background underprint of ten colours; vignette of bacteriologist NOGUCHI Hideyo in front-facing bust portrait at right, with his name inscribed below in Kanji; denomination in Kanji characters at left centre, flanked by guilloche underprint with scattered '1000' numerals and Bank of Japan symbols; EURion constellation elements in the form of Sakura cherry blossoms appear left of the centre window, with a latent image reading '1000' at lower left visible at a raking angle. Security features include intaglio tactile bars at both lower corners, pearl ink along the left and right edges with a pink iridescent sheen, microtext reading 'NIPPONGINKO' in multiple locations including beneath the top denomination panels, along the upper frame, and adjacent to the portrait, as well as microtext '1000' within the Kanji denomination underprint; the Bank of Japan Governor's seal appears at lower left, and serial numbers consist of one or two Latin alphabet prefix letters followed by six digits and one Latin alphabet suffix letter. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Latent image, Microtext, EURion constellation, Pearl ink, Intaglio tactile marks |
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| Variants | P#104a - single letter serial # prefix black serial # P#104b - double letter serial # prefix black serial # P#104c - single letter serial # prefix brown serial # P#104d - double letter serial # prefix brown serial # |
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