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10 000 Yen brown serial
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1993-2004 |
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| Printer | National Printing Bureau (国立印刷局, Imperial Printing Bureau of Japan), Japan (1871-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of two green pheasants (Phasianus versicolor), the national bird of Japan — a male to the left and a female to the right — rendered in fine intaglio engraving against a pale guilloche background. The bank title NIPPON GINKO is inscribed across the upper portion, with the denomination 10000 at upper right and 10000 YEN at lower left. Ornate arabesque borders and geometric lathe-work frames surround the composition, with a red seal at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The P#102 10,000-yen note was issued under the Bank of Japan Act of 1942, which technically remained in force until the revised Act of 1997 took effect — meaning early printings of this series were issued under legislation drafted during the wartime financial administration. Brown serial numbers distinguish the earlier print runs of this type; later issues shifted to black serials, a detail that matters more to specialists than the general catalog suggests.
The National Printing Bureau has produced Bank of Japan notes continuously since the Meiji period, and by this series had developed the fluorescent ink and improved thread technologies that would be refined further in the Fukuzawa redesign of 2004.