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1000 Yen brown, green serial
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1993-2003 |
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| Value | 1000 Yen |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Natsume Sōseki (born Kinnosuke Natsume), the celebrated Meiji-era novelist, at right within an oval vignette, his name inscribed in kanji below. To the left, a large multicolour guilloche rosette bears the denomination 千円 in kanji at centre, surmounted by the issuer's title 日本銀行券 and flanked by 日本銀行 below; a red seal of the Finance Ministry's Printing Bureau appears at lower centre-left. The numeral 1000 is printed in dark ink at both upper corners, with fine lathe-work guilloche borders running along all edges. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 VS834109X 1000 日本銀行券 千円 日本銀行 夏目 漱石 VS834109X 大蔵省印刷局製造 (Translation: Bank of Japan note Thousand yen Bank of Japan Sōseki Natsume Manufactured by the Printing Bureau of the Finance Ministry) |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Sōseki Natsume; embedded security thread. |
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