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10 000 Yen
| Issuer | Japan (novelty/fantasy issue) |
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| Value | 10 000 Yen 10 000 JPY = USD 64 |
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| Obverse description | Children's play money modelled on the 1958 Japanese 10,000 Yen note. The face carries a vignette of Prince Shotoku with denomination numerals 10000 at each corner and the kanji inscription 壱万円. A red seal reading 子供 (Kodomo, 'children') is applied to the design. |
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| Reverse description | Pale monochrome reverse printed in light lilac-grey tones, reproducing in simplified form the guilloche framework of the original 1958 note. A central oval cartouche enclosed by foliate scrollwork occupies the middle field, with a portrait vignette to the left and corner numerals 10000 repeated at each angle within ornamental roundels. |
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Not a legal tender note and never intended to be. Novelty and fantasy pieces styled after Japanese banknotes occupy a grey area in collecting — some are produced as educational aids, some as advertising premiums, and a few as outright counterfeiting precursors that were later seized. Without confirmed issuer provenance, the exact purpose of this piece is unresolved.
The dimensions are roughly half those of a genuine Bank of Japan 10,000-yen note, which is the most common way fantasy producers sidestep counterfeiting statutes.