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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3970817, member: 15588"]Yes, the paper is special, but I don't know a lot about its composition. It looks like it's made from "mitsumata" also called "Edgeworthia papyrifera" or "Oriental paperbush" and "abaca pulp." People apparently also use this for making washi paper. The bill has a stiff and durable papery, fibery feel in hand and does not have any of the plastic feel of polymer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I believe the note pictured is extremely recent, possibly even from 2019. As said above, it doesn't display an explicit date and I think the color of the serial number determines the year. From further research since I posted above, this one looks like a "Series-E," which began circulating in 2004. Given that, it also looks like the serial numbers on Series-E 1000 Yen notes changed from black to brown in 2011 and then to navy blue in March, 2019. I think the note I have has a navy blue serial, but I'd have to compare it to one with a black serial number to be sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the value of $9.14 US, that comes directly from foreign exchange calculations on the Internet. I'm sure that in 1965 the value was much less since the Yen has, from what I can tell, generally increased in value against the dollar throughout the last 50 years. According to an online exchange calculator, as of this moment, 1 Yen equals $0.0091 US.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3970817, member: 15588"]Yes, the paper is special, but I don't know a lot about its composition. It looks like it's made from "mitsumata" also called "Edgeworthia papyrifera" or "Oriental paperbush" and "abaca pulp." People apparently also use this for making washi paper. The bill has a stiff and durable papery, fibery feel in hand and does not have any of the plastic feel of polymer. Yes, I believe the note pictured is extremely recent, possibly even from 2019. As said above, it doesn't display an explicit date and I think the color of the serial number determines the year. From further research since I posted above, this one looks like a "Series-E," which began circulating in 2004. Given that, it also looks like the serial numbers on Series-E 1000 Yen notes changed from black to brown in 2011 and then to navy blue in March, 2019. I think the note I have has a navy blue serial, but I'd have to compare it to one with a black serial number to be sure. As for the value of $9.14 US, that comes directly from foreign exchange calculations on the Internet. I'm sure that in 1965 the value was much less since the Yen has, from what I can tell, generally increased in value against the dollar throughout the last 50 years. According to an online exchange calculator, as of this moment, 1 Yen equals $0.0091 US.[/QUOTE]
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