| Issuer | Japan |
| Year | 1951-1971 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Yen |
| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 156 × 76 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reference(s) | P#91 |
| Obverse description | Blue on green, orange and violet underprint. Red seal. Black serial numbers. Portrait of statesman Tomomi Iwakura at right. |
| Reverse description | Blue on green underprint. Red seal. Value in large decorative flower rosette at left; view over Mount Fuji at right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Chrysanthemums and 500. |
| Obverse lettering | 500 500 Q449982G 日本銀行 日本銀行券 五百円 Q449982G 岩倉 具視 500 日本銀券印刷局製造 500 (Translation: Note of the Bank of Japan Bank of Japan 500 yen Tomomi Iwakura Manufactured by Bank of Japan Printing Bureau) |
| Reverse lettering | NIPPON GINKO 500 YEN (Translation: Bank of Japan 500 yen) |
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| Catalog ID | 4318722520 |
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