Many of you know my grandmother just died. My aunt and mom and I have been going through her things and organizing. And we found 1000 yen. Its paper, and my mom said they discontinued paper. We aren't sure how much it is worth. It says nippon ginkgo on it. Here is a scanned picture of it.
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