During World War II in the Philippines, the occupying Japanese government issued a fiat currency in several denominations; this is known as the Japanese government-issued Philippine peso (see also Japanese invasion money).[1] The Japanese government outlawed possession of guerrilla currency, and declared a monopoly on the issuance of money, so that anyone found to possess guerrilla notes could be arrested or even executed.[2] These bills were often used by American psychological warfare personnel as propaganda leaflets. Japanese occupation banknotes were overprinted with the words "The Co-prosperity Sphere: What is it worth?", in an attempt to discredit the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, and dropped from Allied aircraft over the occupied territories.[6] Towards the end of the war, the currency underwent hyperinflation, causing a rapid increase of the denomination value of notes put into circulation.[3] Here is more Info. for anyone interested! : Japanese government–issued Philippine peso - Wikipedia 10 Pesos - Philippines – Numista I want to Thank @mpcusa for this note. It was fun doing the research on this unique note.
Here is a short set that I have (missing the 500 and 1000 note). Issued between 1943 and 1945. Also ,this Shilling note. These notes are generally referred to as Japanese Invasion Money (JIM). JIM shilling and pound notes were issued for use in Australian mandated territories throughout British Oceania (principally Gilberts and Solomons, New Britain and Papua New Guinea).
Nice JIM guys! Thanks for the background info @SensibleSal66. Personally, I would like to add a Victory series note to my world collection (one of these days!). The higher the denomination the tougher to come by (& price is dear). The oldest note I own from the Philippines is this 200 Pesos (P-140a):
I have one of those Victory notes that has a cutting error. It is CU, but I can't remember where or when I got it. This is series 66. Does anyone know if there were other series numbers?
Yeah, the last few are from my photo bucket album account so the images are pretty small it’s ironic though the the 1000 peso is only 1/4 the size of the 500 peso note, in real life as well.
