I went to a estate auction and found this book along with alot of military currency and foreign paper money most dated 1942 to 1949. The history of this book is amazing to me and the note sent chills up my spine. Is there anyone who knows about book? I plan to sell it after I find out more information. My Email is nsane805@comcast.net any information would help thanks.
As far as the notes go, Japan had higher aspirations than abilities. They went ahead and printed off tons of notes for places they occupied as well as places they * thought* they would occupy. There are literally tons and tons of these notes out there. The display looks to be period though, personally I think that is what adds appeal to this set as the notes are pretty much a dime a dozen.
Not exactly. Find a copy of Pick's currency catalog (about like Krause) and make some notes about Philippines, Malaya, etc. About 3% of the various notes are worth over $100, due to overprints or markings or other minor varieties. Everyone "thinks" they're all worthless. But there are plenty of counterfeits floating around, too. For instance, those overprinted (in Japanese) "Mi-hon" (specimen) run $100+ 20 years ago, even the lowly 5 and 10 centavos. Some high denominations are simply unpriced. There are also essays of invasion currency never intended for circulation - big bucks. You would never know which ones without a catalog. Good place to mention a 1950s postwar scam - there were invasion notes for Malaya denominated in dollars (the actual local currency). Scammers bought them up and claimed they were issued in preparation for an invasion of the United States.
That whole souvenier display is an awesome piece of history. Very cool. I would prize a collectible like that just because of the history behind it.
WWII Remembered by C. Federick Schwan and James E. Boling is perhaps one of the best reference work covering currency and coins issued by both the Allies and Axis Powers up to and during WWII. The U.S. distributed counterfeit Philippine centavo and peso notes via the OSS in an effort to undermine the value of the Philippine JIM notes. Note values depend on condition. The red "Mihon" on the face is considered the most valuable of the standardized note.
The Philippine JIM counterfeits were not OSS produced nor were they distributed by the OSS. They were produced for the Army with the assistance of the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing. They were distributed to guerilla units and used by the army intelligence teams who were inserted by submarine into the Philippines during the war. These were not OSS units or personnel. The Burmese and Malaya counterfeit JIM were produced and distributed by the OSS and SOE.
There will be no commission on what this is currently listed on Ebay for. The BIN price ($3,000.00) is about 30-40x too high for this item. These type of souvenir books appear from time to time. Any value is in the booklet itself and not in the notes. I have yet to see a sale in excess of $100.00 with most falling in the $35-75.00 range.
Except for the essay and specimen notes for Russia, what places did the Japanese print notes that they "thought they would occupy"?
Japanese military notes were not printed for Manchukuo. The Japanese treated Manchukuo as a sovereign nation (although it was truly a puppet regime) and Japanese troops there were not occupiers. Bank of Manchukuo notes circulated there and were printed in Japan.
If I could figure out a way to monetize providing information on discussion boards I could quit my day job.
I can't remember what I had for breakfast, but I recall an endless number of stamp and coin factoids from 50+ years ago. Also have a file cabinet full of well-organized clippings, and a searchable database of nearly 4,000 bookmarks. Six months ago, a guy showed me how to use (Windows) bookmarks to MUCH greater advantage; I tried his plan, and he was right on. For instance, I am now one click away from ALL the eBay items I'm bidding on, in time order, even if it's from 20 different vendors. If anyone knows a SIMPLE way to include images in a bookmark system, I'd like to hear it. PhotoBucket, Imgur, Picasa, etc., all have irritating flaws, plus I don't want to re-load or upload 2,000+ images currently stored in Windows' "My Pictures," not the most convenient method in the world, with its cruddy Search algorithm...
You are a great group of guys. I know my listing on Ebay is high but got to start somewhere. Doug5353 I will admit your information is valuable. now i am going to post some more bills soon that will cause more conversations.
