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10 000 Yen brown serial
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1993-2004 |
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| Reference(s) | P#102 |
| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa, the Meiji-era educator and founder of Keio University, positioned to the right against a fine guilloche underprint in olive-green and brown tones. To the left, the denomination is expressed in large kanji characters (壱万円) beneath the bank title (日本銀行券), with a circular watermark window at centre. A red seal of the Bank of Japan appears below the kanji numerals, and the serial number is printed twice in brown ink. |
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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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