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500 Yen

Issuer Bank of Japan
Year 1969-1994
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Reverse description A detailed intaglio landscape vignette of Mount Fuji viewed from the foothills dominates the centre-left, with trees and lower mountain ridges in the foreground. To the right, a large ornate guilloche rosette encloses the numeral 500, with a red Ministry of Finance seal overlapping the design below. The inscription NIPPON GINKO appears in a decorative cartouche at the top, and 500 YEN is lettered in a guilloche band along the bottom border.
Reverse lettering NIPPON GINKO
500
500
500 YEN
(Translation: Bank of Japan)
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Variants P#95a - single letter serial # prefix
P#95b - double letter serial # prefix
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