Japanese 5 peso note

Made a trip to the local coin shop. I picked up 10 wheats (haven't checked the dates yet) and some plastic pages for 2x2 holders for three ring binders and a 1936 silver quarter. I spotted this bill in the box, thought it was an American $5 bill, then took a closer look at it and saw that it said "The Japanese Government" on it. Turns out that it was a bill printed by Japan for use in the Philippines during World War II. I almost walked out of the store without buying it but I changed my mind. I'm glad I did now because it has a neat backstory and you can't beat the price. I love the design of the note as well. I only gave a buck for it, so you can't beat the price for such an interesting bill.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_government-issued_Philippine_peso

 

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It's my belief the design was deliberately similar to the US $5 in order to increase local acceptance of the occupation currency (didn't work). I too have always liked the design - the Rizal monument looks great (another brazen attempt to curry favor with the locals).

Here's mine:

 

I've got a WWII Japanese yen note that was printed for the US Allies to use while serving there. Definitely was battle-scarred, has some deep staining and tearing to the left side, and overall stains throughout. It's really cool nonetheless.

 

A bill like that with wear is just as cool as an uncirculated bill. Think of the history behind that bill. Imagine where it has been, what was purchased by it, how it made it into your hands. Circulated coins and bills have stories to tell...uncirculated ones don't.

 

That makes perfect sense. Like I said, at first I thought it was an American bill.

Nice bill. It's in better shape than mine is in.

 

Yes, for sure. I do know that. That's a situation where the circulated ones can be worth more sentimentally/historically. I'll have pics of it up later as part of another topic I will be asking here, so you'll likely see it eventually. The seller said it traced to Okinawa. Jury's still out on if the brown-ish stains are blood or what it is, but might just be water/mud.

 

Nice bills guys, here's mine, like the look of the bill & thought the stamp was interesting too.. Hard to read in photo the overprint is 'The Japanese War Notes Claimants Association of the Philippines' & 'Received For....' suspect whatever was received was cents on the dollar (or peso in this case).

 

Here's a link to the note I mentioned this morning Bugo.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/100-yen-wwii-military-b-note.256339/

 

Thanks Husky. Nice dog, by the way. If I got a dog, the husky would be at the top of the list.

 

Thanks for your support! He's 6 yr. old if you can believe that.

 

Not bad for a buck!

 

As this be December 7th, and the event of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I say to rubbish with all Japanese. Maybe I'm a tad too old.........

 

They got nothing.

 

Bad timing on my part,
I picked it up years ago because it reminds me of my late uncle, who was a life-long collector. Some of my happiest collecting memories from when I was young was when he shared his many occupation type coinage & currency with me, why he collected them & stories of what happened to him during WWII in Europe.
Sadly, didn't realize until after he passed away that he hadn't spoken about the war with anyone else in the family....wish I would have asked him even more.

 

Nah, it was just me being grumpy.

 

Most of the "Japs" who were in the Japanese military during WWII are dead...you can't blame the current generations of Japanese for something that happened before they were born. You can't blame Germans who are alive today for the Holocaust.

 

You know you're right of course. I overreacted........it was Pearl Harbor Day, I saw the note and thought of the Battle of Bataan, the Bataan Death March and the horribly vicious treatment visited upon Filipino and American prisoners of war. Also, my friend Evan Williams stopped over and sometimes he makes me say the strangest things.......

 

Sounds like my friend Harvey. Is he a rabbit too? :>)

 

Sometimes you will see these in 'Short Snorter' form.

 

The 100 note also has the Rizal monument and that "American" look. As does the 500 (below).

The stamp on the reverse refers to a group which was trying to force the government (Philippines, US, Japan) to remonetize those notes in full or fraction, as they were rendered worthless on the liberation of the Philippines.