Anti-Counterfeiting Measures

Anti-counterfeiting measures (Series-D notes)

Watermark

Watermarks are created by producing variations in the thickness of the paper, and can be either light or shaded. They are combined to pattern banknotes elaborately.

Watermarks also include tactile marks to help the visually impaired people distinguish different denominations.

  • Series-D 10,000 yen note(Yukichi Fukuzawa)
  • Series-D 5,000 yen note(Inazo Nitobe)
  • Series-D 1,000 yen note(Soseki Natsume)

Intaglio printing

Image designs of the values and portraits on banknotes are thickly printed to give a notable texture.

Image:Intaglio printing

Ultrafine-line printing

Banknote designs are drawn with extremely fine lines. Such fine lines can hardly be replicated by color copy machines, or by ordinary printing equipment or similar devices.

Image:Ultrafine-line printing

Luminescent ink

Banknotes with serial numbers in brown or dark green have a seal on the front side that glows under ultraviolet light.

Image:Luminescent ink

Microprinting

Banknotes with serial numbers in brown or dark green have the words “NIPPON GINKO” printed in small characters that can hardly be reproduced by color copy machines or similar devices.

Image:Microprinting


Anti-counterfeiting measures (Series-C notes)

Watermark

Watermarks are created by producing variations in the thickness of the paper, and can be either light or shaded. They are combined to pattern banknotes elaborately.

  • Series-C 10,000 yen note(Horyuji temple)
  • Series-C 5,000 yen note(Shotoku Taishi)
  • Series-C 1,000 yen note(Hirobumi Ito)
  • Series-C 500 yen note(Cherry blossom and wavy lines)

Intaglio printing

Image designs of the values and portraits on banknotes are thickly printed to give a notable texture.

Image:Intaglio printing

Ultrafine-line printing

Banknote designs are drawn with extremely fine lines. Such fine lines can hardly be replicated by color copy machines, or by ordinary printing equipment or similar devices.

Ultrafine-line printing

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