THE CURRENCY OF

JAPAN
Yuli Salas
Kelly Johana Portocarrero
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The yen (円? Currency symbol: ¥, ISO:

JPY) is the currency unit used in
Japan4 and the third most valued
currency in the foreign exchange
market after the US dollar and the
euro.5 It is also used as reserve
currency next to Dollar, euro and
pound sterling. As is common in
Japanese numeration, large yen
amounts are counted in multiples of
10,000 (man, 万).
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Today there are six types of coins in

Japan: 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen,
100 yen and 500 yen. They usually
have a representation of a plant on
the obverse, and the year in which the
coin was written on the back. Only 5
and 50 yen coins have a hole. The
Japanese, by the way, use both the
word kōka and the word koin taken
from English, but usually refer to
these coins by the figure followed by
the expression in (yen) and lady
(somewhat round), such as 100 in Lady
(100 yen coin).
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On November 1, 2004, new banknotes were

issued, replacing those issued in 1984. Its
intention is to resume and complete the security
mechanisms of the 2000 yen banknote, which has
been part of the currency since 2000.
1,000 yen. Put in circulation in 1984 it represents
the writer Sōseki Natsume. The new one, that
began to circulate in the year 2004, represents
the doctor Hideyo Noguchi.
2,000 yen. It was introduced in 2000.
5,000 yen. The 1984 ticket represents Inazo
Nitobe. The one from 2004 represents a woman,
the writer Ichiyō Higuchi.
10,000 yen Both the 1984 and the modern ticket
represent Yukichi Fukuzawa, one of the most
important ideologues of the "westernization" of
his country.