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…
According to a press release dated 10 May 2018, Japan’s Ministry of Finance changed the color of the serial numbers on 1,000-yen notes from brown (B365b) to blue (B365c) starting on 18 March 2019. Courtesy of Kazutaka Nagura and Akina Wada (https://www.buntetsu.net/mbc/).Read More…
On 9 April 2019, Japan’s Ministry of Finance announced plans to introduce a new series of notes in the first half of 2024. The new series will consists of three denominations (the existing 2,000-yen note is not being replaced) featuring bacteriologist Kitasato Shibasaburō on the 1,000-yen note; Tsuda Umeko, founderRead More…
BBC News has an interesting article dated 14 August 2015 on the fight of some Hong Kong residents to cash in on WWII Japanese military yen. Courtesy of Jim “Rubycored” Chen.Read More…
According to an article on JapanToday dated 8 May 2014, on 12 May the Bank of Japan introduced a new 5,000-yen note like the existing notes (B366a), but with high-tech anti-forgery features and enhanced convenience for visually impaired people. This note has a 1- or 2-letter prefix, brown serial numbers,Read More…
According to an article in Korea Times dated 24 June 2014, Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) has seen its production volume halved over the past five years, and hopes to utilize excess capacity by obtaining contracts to print banknotes for other countries. Countries for whichRead More…
According to an article on Bernama dated 29 November 2013, Japan’s Ministry of Finance has launched a promotion campaign in the hope of attracting orders to print banknotes and passports for other countries by highlighting Japan’s cutting-edge anti-counterfeit technologies. Japan’s only experience printing notes for other countries was when itRead More…
, According to a press release dated 26 April 2011, the Bank of Japan is changing the color of the serial numbers on the 1,000 (US$12.25) and 10,000 (US$122) yen banknotes from black to brown on 19 July 2011. Other than this minor change, the notes will remain the sameRead More…