I was wondering how much a common Philippine JIM note would cost. My dad bought Call of Duty: World at War, and because I am half Filipino I was wanting to buy some. If anyone has some that they don't want, I might be able to buy them if they are the common ones if my parents let me. Thanks!
You can find them on ebay, they are cheap. If I was back in the states I would send you some, but I won't be home for a while.
If you REALLY want some neat notes, look at the pre-invasion notes - wonderful designs printed by the US BEP with great reverse colors and very nice face designs. The Japanese notes are historically curious but nowhere near as nice as the pre-war notes.
Yeah, the Japanese notes are plentiful in nice condition. You should have no problem picking some up cheap. Historically, they are worth quite a bit IMO. Look up the history of Japanese invasion notes. There is still some controversy even today (which goes to court occasionally) over whether the modern Japanese government has any legal obligation to pay out debts evidenced by the notes.
They're dirt cheap, picked up a 50 centavos, 1 peso and 5 pesos notes for a $1 total at my local B&M.
I agree and should have mentioned this. The notes printed by the BEP for the philippines are indeed beautiful and in my opinion better looking than our own US notes at the time. If you start to study them you will see some of the same features as they were later incorporated into US notes.
Yeah, after the war was made an association called JAPWANCAP (Japanese War Notes Claimants Association of the Philippines) for the redemption of notes by Japan. But Japan refused, because, they said, Americans made many fakes of these notes, and was impossible to recognize them. So, the Japwancap called to trial the USA, but without any result. Japwancap is interesting for collectors of paper money, because they overprinted notes with various stamps Stamped invasion notes Here, 100 pesos with overprint, from my collection petronius :smile
When I was a kid, one of the rapacious slimeball stamp companies who preyed on beginners often advertised Japanese Invasion currency. Their Wow-Gee-Whiz "offer" was for "dollar-denominated" bills printed in anticipation of the Japanese invasion of the United States. Long afterwards, I found out that the "dollar" notes were printed for Malaya, which had used dollars for decades. They are quite common, and have "MA" to "MS" block letters printed on each note; even the 1000 dollar bill is still available for less than $20. A few with MiHon "specimen" markings are quite valuable, but frequently counterfeited.
I knew this story about Japanese invasion of United States From my collection: This is a 100 dollars bill And this is 1,000 dollars....but, probably, it is a reproduction made in the '60s petronius
With regard to sources... I have finally spotted on eBay this week Philippines: Pick 109a One Peso ND (1943) Block # 80 with serial # Pick 109a One Peso ND (1943) Block # 81 with serial # and have in hand Pick 109b One Peso ND (1943) Block #s 82,83,84,85,86,87 all without serial #.
