5000 yen note

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5,000 Yen
(Japan)
Value: 5,000 Yen
Width: 156 mm
Height: 76 mm
Security Features: Hologram, Intaglio printing, Latent image, Luminescent ink, Microprinting, Pearl ink, Tactile marks, Watermark, Watermark-Bar pattern
Years of Printing: 1957, 1984
Obverse
Obverse
Design: portrait of Ichiyo Higuchi
Reverse
Reverse
Design: "Kakitsubata-zu" (painting of irises), Work of Korin Ogata

The front side of the note includes a portrait of Ichiyo Higuchi, a Meiji era writer and poet. The reverse side depicts "Kakitsubata Flowers", from a folding screen by Korin Ogata.[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. "Banknotes Currently Issued" (in Japanese). http://www.npb.go.jp/en/intro/index.html. Retrieved 2010-07-23. 
  2. ^ National Printing Bureau. "Anti-Counterfeiting Measures" (in Japanese). http://www.npb.go.jp/en/intro/gizou/index.html. Retrieved 2010-07-23. 

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