B368 (PNL): 1,000 yen (US$8.95) Blue. Front: Japanese text; flowers; Kitasato Shibasaburō (bacteriologist). Back: English text; Katsushika Hosukai’s woodblock print, “The Great Wave of Kanagawa” from “Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji.” Holographic patch. No security thread. Watermark: Kitasato Shibasaburō and one vertical bars. Printer: 国立印刷局 (National Printing Bureau). 150Read More…

B369 (PNL): 5,000 yen (US$45) Lilac. Front: Japanese text; flowers; Tsuda Umeko (educator). Back: English text; wisteria flowers. Holographic stripe. No security thread. Watermark: Tsuda Umeko and two vertical bars. Printer: 国立印刷局 (National Printing Bureau). 156 x 76 mm. Paper. a. No date. No sig. Prefix/suffix AA/WK. Intro: 03.07.2024.  CourtesyRead More…

B370 (PNL): 10,000 yen (US$89) Brown. Front: Japanese text; flowers; Shibusawa Eiichi (industrialist). Back: English text; Marunouchi side of red brick railroad Tokyo Station from 1914. Holographic stripe. No security thread. Watermark: Shibusawa Eiichi and three vertical bars. Printer: 国立印刷局 (National Printing Bureau). 160 x 76 mm. Paper. a. NoRead More…

B722 (PNL): 200 pesos (US$10) Green. Front: Spanish text; bank monogram; Miguel Hidalgo and José María Morelos. Back: Spanish text; ecosystem of bushes and deserts in Biosphere Reservation of El Pinacate and the Gran Desierto de Altar. Windowed security thread and solid security thread with demetalized 200. Watermark: Bell andRead More…