Printing of the newly designed 10,000-yen note, which is scheduled to be issued in the first half of 2024, began on the 1st.
State-of-the-art technology has been introduced into new banknotes for the purpose of preventing counterfeiting.
Printing began on a newly designed 10,000-yen note, and the portrait was called "the father of the modern Japanese economy," and Eiichi Shibusawa, who led the industry from the Meiji era to the Showa era, was used. The station building is drawn.
On the 1st, a commemorative ceremony was held at the factory of the National Printing Bureau in Tokyo, and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso who attended pressed the button and started printing new banknotes.
The new banknotes are equipped with the world's first state-of-the-art hologram technology to prevent counterfeiting, and when the banknotes are tilted at an angle, the portrait appears to move three-dimensionally.
"Watermark" not only projects portraits as before, but also finely changes the thickness of the paper to give it a high-definition appearance.
In addition, the new banknotes have irregularities on the banknotes so that people with visual disabilities can easily identify the type of banknotes by touching them with their fingers. It is easy to understand even for foreigners who cannot read.
After the ceremony, Minister Aso said, "We are proud that the banknotes are suitable for the present era because they are designed to be easy for everyone to use by making full use of the latest anti-counterfeiting technology."
According to the Ministry of Finance, printing of new 1000-yen bills and 5000-yen bills will start around autumn, and after adjusting so that new bills can be identified by ATMs, automatic teller machines, etc., in the first half of 2024. It will be issued.