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 types of banknotes issued:1000,2000,5000, 10000 yen? [ 1]? There are six denominations of coins: 1, 5,10,50, 100 and 500 yen.
187 1 after the birth of the yen, 1984 before the new Japanese currency was issued, the portraits of politicians were printed on paper money. For example, the paper money issued by 188 1 bears the portrait of the magic queen. Later, ten thousand yuan and five thousand yen banknotes were printed with the portrait of Shoto Kutaishi, and one thousand yuan banknotes were printed with the portrait of Ito Bowen, symbolizing imperial power and power.
The paper money circulated since 1984 is printed with reformers such as writers and scientists during the Meiji Restoration to express Japan's nostalgia for the Meiji Restoration, which is the beginning of Japan's farewell to the Middle Ages and its March towards modern times.
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1984, 10000 yen banknotes were changed from Shoto Kutaishi to Fukuzawa Yukichi. Yasuo Fukuda is a famous enlightenment thinker in modern Japan, an outstanding educator in Meiji period, and the founder of Keio University, a famous private university in Japan.
He engaged in educational activities all his life, and formed an enlightening educational thought, which greatly promoted the spread of western capitalist civilization and the development of Japanese capitalism. Known by Japan as "the father of modern Japanese education" and "the great hero of Meiji education".
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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