1000 Yen - Teller Practice Banknote

A training note, not a currency instrument. Chinese bank teller schools have long used facsimile notes denominated in foreign currencies to drill staff on handling procedures, counterfeit detection, and foreign exchange protocols — without the liability of putting real foreign banknotes into a training environment. The Japanese yen denomination is a logical choice given the volume of yen-denominated transactions processed at Chinese exchange counters, particularly after the normalization of Sino-Japanese trade relations in the 1970s.

These notes have no legal tender status anywhere and were never intended for circulation. Survival depends entirely on whether individual training institutions bothered to retain them rather than discard worn examples after use.