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, Pearl ink, Tactile marks, Watermark, Watermark-Bar pattern, EURion constellation
Years of printing 1957, 1984, 2004 (Black serial number), 2011 (Brown serial number)
Obverse
Design Portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa
Reverse
Design Hōō/Chinese phoenix in the Hall of the Phoenix, Byōdō-in

The front side of the 10,000 yen 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]

References

  1. ↑ National Printing Bureau. "Introduction of Banknotes". Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  2. ↑ National Printing Bureau. "Anti-Counterfeiting Measures". Retrieved 2010-07-23.

See also

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