5000 Yen - Teller Practice Banknote

Training notes produced for bank teller instruction are rarely cataloged with any precision, and this example is no exception. Chinese financial institutions have used facsimile currency for counter drills since at least the 1980s, but the specific production runs, issuing bodies, and destruction schedules for these materials are not publicly documented. The yen denomination — rather than renminbi — indicates use in foreign currency handling drills, reflecting the volume of yen-denominated transactions processed through Chinese commercial banks.

Survival in collectible condition is largely accidental. These were working tools, not archived items.