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Empire of Japan
(1868 - 1947)

Allied occupation
(1945 - 1947)

Modern Japan (1947 -)

¥ -

Yen = 100 sen = 1000 rin

Japanese Occupation Malaya

Japanese Occupation Philippines

Japanese Occupation Burma

Empire of Japan
(1868 - 1947)

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¥ -

Yen (1871-date) = 1000 Rin = 100 Sen

[-] 1916 ND Convertible Silver Note Issue

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1889
1 Silver Yen

N: Japanese serial number

Takeuchi Sukune

1 yen coin

paper note

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85

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1916
1 Silver Yen

N: Arabic numbers serial number

Takeuchi Sukune

1 yen coin

light creases

light stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#30c

87

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1889
5 Silver Yens

Sugawara Michizane

paper note

#

85

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1889
10 Silver Yens

Wakeno Kiyomaro

paper note

#

85

[-] 1930-1931 ND Issue

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1930
5 Yens

Sugawara Michizane; Kitano shrine

paper note

#

75

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1930
10 Yens

Wakeno Kiyomaro

Goo shrine

light creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#40a

81

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1931
20 Yens

Fujiwara Kamatari, Danzan shrine

Danzan shrine

paper note

#

72

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1930
100 Yens

Shotoku-taishi; Yumedono pavillon;

Horyuji temple

paper note

#

76

[-] ND (1943-1944), ND (1944-1945) "Only Japanese Denomination on Back" Issue

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1944
5 Sen

Kusunoki Masashige statue near Imperial palace, Tokyo

substantial creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

superficial color wear

light edges damage

paper note

#52a

48

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1944
10 Sen

Heiwadainoto (Peace Tower), Miyazaki

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light color wear

moderate edges damage

paper note

#53a

50

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1944
1 Yen

Takeuchi Sukune

Ube shrine

medium creases

light stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#54a

70

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1944
5 Yen

Sugawara Michizane; Kitano shrine

paper note

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85

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1944
10 Yen

Wakeno Kiyomaro

Goo shrine

light creases

light stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#51b

85

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1944
100 Yen

Shotoku-taishi; Yumedono pavillon;

Horyuji temple

paper note

#

85

jp1940-Pending description

[-] ND (1942-1945) "English Denomination on Back" Issue

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1942
5 Yens

Sugawara Michizane; Kitano shrine

light creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

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#43a

75

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1945a
10 Yens

Wakeno Kiyomaro

Goo shrine

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#

81

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1945
100 Yens

Shotoku-taishi

Horyuji temple

paper note

#

72

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1945
200 Yens

Takeuchi Sukune

paper note

#

72

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1945a
200 Yens

Fujiwara Kamatari, Danzan shrine

Danzan shrine

paper note

#

72

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1945
1,000 Yens

Yamato Takeru No Minoto; Takebe shrine

paper note

#

72

[-] 1938 "Paper Money", 1945, 1948 "50 Sen Paper Money" Issue

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1938
50 Sen

Mount Fuji

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

superficial color wear

light edges damage

paper note

#58a

64

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1945
50 Sen

Yasukuni shrine

Mountain

Perfect Banknote

paper note

#60a

65

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1948
50 Sen

Taisuke Itagaki

Parliament building, Tokyo

superficial crease

superficial stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#61a

60

Allied-occupied Japan
(1945 - 1947)

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1945-1946 ND Issue

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1945
1 Yen

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

paper note

#67a

66

Modern Japan
(1951 - )

jp-Pending description

[-] 1946-1951 ND Issue

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1945
5 Sen

Plum blossoms

paper note

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48

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1945
10 Sen

Doves

Parliament building, Tokyo

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light color wear

very light edges damage

paper note

#84

50

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1946
1 Yen

Sontoku Ninomiya; rooster

light creases

superficial stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#85a

67

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1946
5 Yen

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

paper note

#86a

68

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1946
10 Yen

Parliament building, Tokyo

superficial crease

light stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#87a

75

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1951
50 Yen

Korekiyo Takahashi

Bank of Japan building, Tokyo

substantial creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

light edges damage

paper note

#88

68

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1946
100 Yen

Shotoku-taishi; Yumedono pavillon;

Horyuji temple

paper note

#

93

[-] 1950-1958 ND Issue

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1953
100 Yens

Taisuke Itagaki

Parliament building, Tokyo

light creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

very light edges damage

paper note

#90b

76

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1951
500 Yens

Tomomi Iwakura

Mount Fuji

medium creases

light stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#91a

156 x

76

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1950
1,000 Yens

Shotoku-taishi

Yumedono pavillon

light creases

very light tear

small writings/stamp

very light edges damage

paper note

#92b

165 x

76

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1957
5,000 Yens

Shotoku-taishi

Bank of Japan building, Tokyo

paper note

#

80

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1958
10,000 Yens

Shotoku-taishi

Phoenixes

paper note

#

84

jp1970-Pending description

[-] 1963-1969 ND Issue

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1969
500 Yen

Tomomi Iwakura

Mount Fuji

medium creases

light stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#95b

76

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1963
1,000 Yen

Hirobumi Ito

Bank of Japan building, Tokyo

medium creases

moderate stains (dirtiness)

superficial color wear

moderate edges damage

moderate natural holes

paper note

#96d

76

[-] 1984-1993 ND Issue, 1993-2003 ND Issue

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1990
1,000 Yen

Natsume Kinosuke

Red-crowned cranes

light creases

superficial stains (dirtiness)

1-2 small natural holes

paper note

#97d

76

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1993
5,000 Yen

Nitobe Inazu

Mount Fuji

paper note

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76

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1993
10,000 Yen

Fukuzawa Yukichi

Pheasants

paper note

#

76

[-] 2000 Commemorative Issue

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2000
2,000 Yen

Shurei-Mon gate in Naha

'Genji Monogatari' scene, Lady Murasaki Shikibu

Perfect Banknote

paper note

#103b

76

jp2020-Pending description

[-] 2004 - 2014

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2004
1,000 Yen

Noguchi Hideyo

Mount Fuji

Perfect Banknote

paper note

#104b

76

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2014
5,000 Yen

Higuchi Natsu

Irises (painting by Korin Ogata)

light creases

superficial stains (dirtiness)

paper note

#105d

156 x

76

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2011
10,000 Yen

Fukuzawa Yukichi

Phoenix from Boydo-in temple

superficial crease

paper note

#106d

160 x

76

[-] 2024 ND Issue

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2024
1,000 Yen

Shibasaburo Kitasato

'Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa'

superficial crease

paper note

#107a

150 x

76

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2024
5,000 Yen

Umeko Tsuda

Wisteria

paper note

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156 x

76

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2024
10,000 Yen

Eiichi Shibusawa

Marunouchi Station Building, Tokyo

paper note

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160 x

76

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