JAPAN 2000 YEN ND 2000 P 103a - UNC - PREFIX AA - RARE

Description

Features
Issuer
Japan
Issuing bank
Bankof Japan
Emperor
Heisei(1989-2019)
Type
Standardbanknote
Year
2000
Value
2000 Yen
Currency
Yen(1871-date)
Composition
Paper
Size
154 × 76 mm
Shape
Rectangular
Number
N#203032
References
P#103a, JNDA# 11-82, TBB# 364
Obverse
Shureimon, a 16th-century gate at Shuri Castle in Naha, inOkinawa Prefecture, Japan; Cherry blossom and chrysanthemum motifs.
Lettering:
2000
2000
SA 815862 T
日本銀行券
貳千円
日本銀行
2000
(seal)
SA 815862 T
大蔵省印刷局製造
Translation:
Bank of Japan banknote
2,000 yen
Bank of Japan
(seal)
Manufactured by the Finance Ministry Printing Bureau(Okurasho)
Reverse
Scene 38 "The Bell Cricket" from The Tale of Genji(Genji Monogatari) and a copy of the upper portion of the script in thebackground on the left.
A portrait of its author, Murasaki Shikibu at the lowerright.
Lettering:
NIPPON GINKO
2000
いるいのつあたに十す
とにとけるまま宮五ゞ
しれなはときひお夜む
げいみひてみつはのし
くのにななたゝしゆ
わいとらち念てふ
そきす二殊は
2000
き
2000 YEN
紫式部
Translation:
Bank of Japan
Murasaki Shikibu
Watermark
Shureimon Gate
Printer
National Printing Bureau (
国立印刷局
, Imperial Printing Bureau ofJapan), Japan (1871-date)
Comments
Issued as a Series D banknote by the Bank of Japan (NipponGinko) on July 19, 2000.
Some westercatalogs categorize it as a commemorative note for the 'End of the 2ndMillennium and the 26th G8 Summit in Okinawa' but is considered a normalcirculation note according to Japanese laws.
Because only few vending machines accept this note and evennumbers like 2 and 4 are seen as 'unlucky', this note circulates little incomparison with the other denominations.
An exception is Okinawa where 40% of the 100 million (as of2013) banknotes were issued.
The intaglio printed tactile mark at the bottom right of thefront is the hiragana character
に
"ni" for two in Braille.