The yen was created on 1 871may1day. Japan established the gold standard system in 1897, and the gold content was set at 0.75g In May of 1953, it was announced that the gold content was 0.00246853g In March of 1988, the gold standard system was completely abolished.
There are four kinds of banknotes 1000, 2000, 5000 and 10000 yen, and six denominations of coins 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 yen.
20 19 On April 9, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso officially announced that new banknotes of 1000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1000 yen will be introduced in the first half of 2024, and the portraits of Shibusawa Eiichi, Miko Tsuda and Kitasato Shibasaburo will be used on the front respectively.
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Japanese yen format:
The main colors of 1 and 10000 yen are brown, with the head of Japanese educator Fukuzawa Yukichi on the front and two pheasants on the back.
The main color of 2.5000 yen is deep purple, with the head of Japanese educator Nitobe Inazo on the front and Mount Fuji on the back (the cover of the new version of yen is Higuchi Ichiyo, a female writer in Meiji period).
The pattern on the back of the 3.2000 yen banknote is selected from the scene where the hero Guang Lai and his son meet in the album Tale of Genji, and there is also a portrait of Murasaki shikibu, the author of Tale of Genji. The facade design is the "Shouli Gate", a representative historical building in Okinawa Prefecture, which held the summit meeting of western industrialized countries in July 20 12.
4. 1000 yen The main color is brown, with the head of Japanese novelist Natsume Sosuke on the front and two cranes on the back (the new version of yen is Japanese doctor Hideki Noguchi and the back is Mount Fuji).
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