Banknotes That Tell A Story: Japan
Japan pick 95b: 500 Yen from 1969
ND (1969). Blue on multicolored underprint. Tomomi Iwakura at right. Back steel blue; Mount Fuji at left center. Watermark: five petaled flower. Double letter serial number prefix.
Japan pick 103b: 2000 Yen from 2000
ND (2000). G8 Economic Summit in Okinawa. Slate, green, and brown on multicolored underprint. Shureimon Gate in Naha, Okinawa at right and as watermark. Scene from Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji) on back. Double letter serial number prefix.
Japan pick 106b: 10000 Yen from 2004
ND (2004). Brown on multicolored underprint. Yukichi Fukuzawa (educator, futurist) at right and as watermark. Phoenix from Boydo-in Temple on back. Double letter serial number prefix.