This guy is running one auction a day for these items and has been doing so for many days. How can they be rare? Are they even genuine? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Old-J...-War-Invasion-Dollar-Note-WW2-Collection-Lot/
idk too much them, but it would seem to me a little odd if the Japanese were issuing bills written in English at that time..
The Japanese issued them for the colonies they occupied. Since Burma was a British colony, the notes are in English. They aren’t very rare.
That is not the issue because they are in the catalog. My question is whether they are counterfeit or whether they are not at all rare and the guy found a load of them somewhere and is trying to misrepresent them.
ah! very good! they most likely are legit then, but i couldn't attest to it. get ya an example for a couple of bucks, either way.
I don’t know enough about these notes to comment with any real certainty, but seriously doubt they are counterfeit. Maybe @lettow will see the thread and chime in. I consider him knowledgeable about the subject.
They are good! My grandpa got the 10 rupee note when he was in the east on a danish merchant mariner! He got suvineers for each port he visited and he got a lot of notes like that, some of which are in my collection today. I am not sure of the others but I'm sure they are ok but I would be extra carful just in case!
They are very common and not rare, counterfeits are about. See this discussion https://www.cointalk.com/threads/japanese-government-note-and-an-mpc.305751/#post-2905517
Way too common and cheap to be faked. High denominations can be pricy in high grades. Dealer junk bins are loaded with circulated specimens. Some were used as hosts for Short Snorters and have collectible war trophy value. The Japanese used whichever language the locals used on these notes. The proper term is Japanese Invasion Money and the abbreviation used is JIM.
Thanks for all the answers. Seem link most of the links are to Philippines invasion money and no one mention Burma, but I am guessing the same applied. I've got my answer: they are not rare, as the EBay seller claims.
I should add that contemporary counterfeits do exist. Some made by the allies and some made by black market crooks in the occupied nations. I was saying that there is no reason CURRENTLY to counterfeit something that can be bought cheaply.
I probably should have clarified that there is contemporary counterfeits of the Japanese Invasion Currency. There should be a site about them somewhere
Also here is a site about propaganda leaflets and counterfeit Japanese occupation money: http://www.psywarrior.com/WWIIAlliedBanknotes.html
With regard to rarity... Only once have I seen a person with a Japanese Invasion Note in their hand. ....Dealers and friends I've just given them to... excepted.
Notes in distinctly well- circulated condition are what I get to avoid counterfeits. Not much luck finding mangled "cents" denominated notes for Burma and Malaya. Indies 'cents', okay.
