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1000 Yen brown, green serial
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1993-2003 |
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| Size | 150 × 76 mm |
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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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| Reverse description | Central vignette of two red-crowned Manchurian cranes (Grus japonensis) facing each other with wings fully spread, rendered in intaglio against a pale circular underprint suggestive of a full moon, with a treeline silhouette in the background. The issuer's romanised title NIPPON GINKO is inscribed across the top in bold serif lettering, with the denomination 1000 at upper right and 1000 YEN at lower left. A red Finance Ministry seal appears at lower right, and multicolour guilloche rosette and lathe-work border elements frame the composition. |
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| Variants | P#100a - Printer (Okurasho - Finance Ministry Printing Bureau) single letter serial # prefix brown serial # P#100b - Printer (Okurasho - Finance Ministry Printing Bureau) double letter serial # prefix brown serial # P#100c - Printer (Okurasho - Finance Ministry Printing Bureau) single letter serial # prefix green serial # P#100d - Printer (Okurasho - Finance Ministry Printing Bureau) double letter serial # prefix green serial # P#100e - Printer (Zaimusho - Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau) double letter serial # prefix green serial # P#100f - (National Printing Works) double letter serial # prefix green serial # |
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