Catalog
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| 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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