2000 Yen notes (using them in Japan)
#16
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Some were shipped to Canada as well. Years ago I bought a package of currency in Yen, and they were pretty well all 2000 yen notes. I handed them back and said I wanted a different denominations (5000 and 10,000)
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Equivalent to US $2.
I admit to sporadically requesting US $2 bills when I hit my bank for money. It has them.
What it doesn't have, and I dare scribe it never gets, even if I asked for it, is a 50 coin.
Unlike $1 coins, which are still available (I got a fistful of them when I broke a $10 bill at a Denver rapid transit station.) although unminted for scores, 50 coins have been minted continually for a century.
I would appreciate receiving 2,000 notes. @:-)
What it doesn't have, and I dare scribe it never gets, even if I asked for it, is a 50 coin.
Unlike $1 coins, which are still available (I got a fistful of them when I broke a $10 bill at a Denver rapid transit station.) although unminted for scores, 50 coins have been minted continually for a century.
I would appreciate receiving 2,000 notes. @:-)
#18
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I admit to sporadically requesting US $2 bills when I hit my bank for money. It has them.
What it doesn't have, and I dare scribe it never gets, even if I asked for it, is a 50 coin.
Unlike $1 coins, which are still available (I got a fistful of them when I broke a $10 bill at a Denver rapid transit station.) although unminted for scores, 50 coins have been minted continually for a century.
I would appreciate receiving 2,000 notes. @:-)
What it doesn't have, and I dare scribe it never gets, even if I asked for it, is a 50 coin.
Unlike $1 coins, which are still available (I got a fistful of them when I broke a $10 bill at a Denver rapid transit station.) although unminted for scores, 50 coins have been minted continually for a century.
I would appreciate receiving 2,000 notes. @:-)
#20
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American coins must really confuse foreigners. If they even name their value in cents, it's in English, not numerals. The smallest coin, the dime, is worth more than either of the two next-larger ones, and doesn't identify its value. Nobody calls the five-cent piece anything other than a nickel. And in recent years, scores of different designs of nickels, quarters, and dollar coins have appeared. The unfortunate foreigner is unlikely to be confused by a dollar coin, at least, as they hardly circulate.
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Students of French will recognize dme as a short form of dxime, "one tenth". It's hardly President Washington's fault that we only remember "dime" as the name of a coin, is it?
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You may wonder why banks care whether Americans use coins or folding money for their small transactions. It's simple: for obscure historical reasons, the Federal Reserve pays the shipping cost for currency, while banks have to pay it for coins.
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Folks, please stay on topic -- that is, the use of 2,000 JPY notes when in Japan.
Regards,
armagebedar
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Regards,
armagebedar
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#27
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I had a ton from a currency order. Folks in Japan did remark they hardly ever saw 2k yen notes.
I've still got a fair bit of what the ATMs really loved distributing: 10k notes.
I've still got a fair bit of what the ATMs really loved distributing: 10k notes.
#28
I lived with a host family in Kanazawa in 2000, around the time the 2000 en note was introduced...somewhere, I have a pamphlet noting its watermarks and Murasaki Shikibu.
Indeed, on all of my subsequent travels to Japan, that bill had seldom been encountered.
Indeed, on all of my subsequent travels to Japan, that bill had seldom been encountered.
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2000 Yen notes are very common in Naha (Okinawa).
There is no train service (apart from the monorail) and bus services aren't the greatest.
So those who do not have cars tend to use taxis.
As the "average" journey costs more than 1000 and less than 2000 yens, they are widely used in Okinawa.
You can even see on the bank note that the Shuri Castle in Naha is featured as part of the design.
There is no train service (apart from the monorail) and bus services aren't the greatest.
So those who do not have cars tend to use taxis.
As the "average" journey costs more than 1000 and less than 2000 yens, they are widely used in Okinawa.
You can even see on the bank note that the Shuri Castle in Naha is featured as part of the design.