Bill denominations
Japanese paper money comes in 1, 5 and 10
thousand yen bills. There is also a 5 hundred yen bill, but is no longer being
produced and has been replaced with a 500 yen coin. Unique features
Each bill is sized differently. The
thousand yen being the shortest, the 5 thousand yen bill is approximately 1 cm longer and
the 10 thousand yen bill is 1 cm longer than the 5 thousand.
Each bill also has Braille writing in the
corner for the seeing impaired.
Each bill has watermarks in order to
prevent counterfeiting. |
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