An old friend left these to his daughter. It's thought he brought them back from the war. He made the display and put in a glass 8x10 frame. It would be great if I could give her a bit of the history and an idea of value. My first thought was to just say, hang it on a wall and love it for what it is. I would feel bad if I said something like that and there was actually something rare in the collection. Any help would be great.
OK, the top 3 are Korean (Cho-sen) probably before or during WWII and the bottom one is a Japanese 50 sen (used to be 100 sen to the yen) note from 1942. The bottom three coins appear to be from the Philippines.
From August 29, 1910, to August 15, 1945, Korea was under Imperial Japanese rule as part of the Empire of Japan's 35-year expansion efforts. Japanese rule in Korea ended in 1945 shortly after their defeat and surrender at the conclusion World War II. In 1910, after the Korean Empire was annexed by Japan, the Bank of Korea was renamed the Bank of Joseon (Japanese: Chōsen Ginkō). During the occupation, Japan had the Bank of Chosen issue banknotes for Korea in different denominations of yen (equivalent to the Japanese yen). So, your first two notes above are indeed from Korea
