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    The yen ( Japanese: 円, symbol: ¥; code: JPY) is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar and the euro. [2] It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro.

  2. Banknotes of the Japanese yen are the banknotes of Japan, denominated in Japanese yen ( ¥ ). These are all released by a centralized bank which was established in 1882, known as the Bank of Japan. The first notes to be printed were released between 1885 and 1887 in denominations of 1 to 100 yen.

  3. Japanese currency has a history covering the period from the 8th century AD to the present. After the traditional usage of rice as a currency medium, Japan adopted currency systems and designs from China before developing a separate system of its own.

  4. The Japanese yen or en is the currency used in Japan. It is usually written with the romanised symbol ¥, but in Japanese it is written with the kanji 円. The coins are very light and range from ¥1 up to ¥500. The highest paper note value is ¥10000.

  5. The ¥10,000 note (1万円紙幣 ichiman-en shihei) is the largest banknote denomination of the Japanese yen, as well as the largest denomination of the Japanese yen overall. It was first introduced in Japan in 1958 to the third series of banknote releases, Series C.

  6. The ¥1,000 note is currently the lowest value yen banknote and has been used since 1945, excluding a brief period between 1946 and 1950 during the Allied occupation of Japan . The sixth series (series F) notes are currently in circulation, and are the smallest of the three common bank notes. Extensive anti-counterfeiting measures are present ...

  7. Aug 25, 2022 · JPY is the abbreviation for the Japanese yen, the currency of Japan. The yen is often represented with a symbol that looks like the capital letter Y with two horizontal dashes through the...

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