Catalog
1000 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 1000 Yen (1000 JPY) |
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| Obverse description | To the left, a finely engraved intaglio vignette of the main hall of Takebe Shrine; to the right, a portrait of the legendary hero Yamato Takeru no Mikoto. Vertical Japanese inscriptions identify the issuer and denomination, with a legend designating the note as a convertible Bank of Japan obligation exchangeable for one thousand yen in gold. The imprint of the Cabinet Printing Bureau appears at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The Bank of Japan emblem is centred at the top, flanked by vertical Japanese inscriptions identifying the issuer and note type. The denomination appears both numerically as "1000" and in Latin script as "YEN", repeated at the left and right margins, with additional Japanese text running vertically across the field. |
| Reverse lettering | 千 券換究行銀本日 千 日 圓 千 本 1000 銀 YEN 行 1000 1000 (Translation: 1000 1000 Bank of Japan convertible note Bank of Japan One thousand yen) |
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