10,000 yen note
| 10,000 Yen (Japan) |
| Value: |
10,000 Yen |
| Width: |
160 mm |
| Height: |
76 mm |
| Security Features: |
Hologram, Intaglio printing, Latent image, Luminescent ink, Microprinting, Peral ink, Tactile marks, Watermark, Watermark-Bar pattern |
| Paper Type: |
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| Years of Printing: |
1958, 1984, 2004 (Black serial number), 2011 (Brown serial number) |
| Obverse |
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| Design: |
Portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa |
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| Design Date: |
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| Reverse |
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| Design: |
Hōō/Chinese phoenix |
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The front side of the note includes a portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa, a Meiji era philosopher and the founder of Keio University. The back of the note shows a drawing of the Hōō (鳳凰, Fenghuang) in the Hall of the Phoenix, Byōdō-in.[1]
Extensive anti-counterfeiting measures are present in the banknote. They include intaglio printing, holograms, microprinting, fluorescent ink, latent images, watermarks, and angle-sensitive ink.[2]
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