Japanese occupation note

This is not in great shape, or even valuable, just found it while going through some things after my father's passing and thought I'd share it.

 

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Very interesting...thanks

 

Heres a couple of my Japanese invasion notes:





This note is from Burma 1942-44, its in real good shape to, not much value
But there both fun and inexpensive to collect.

 

This one is from the Philippines, almost no value here since they made a ton of these and you can still get mint examples for a song or less...LOL
1943

 

1944-45 they added the 500 and 1,000 denomination, here,s where cheap ends
This is my 500 example, these are very uncommon ! and do demand a significant
Premium A/U to uncirculated notes can go as high as $75- $100

 

The 1,000 Peso note is a little bit easier to get but it,s allot smaller in actual size

 

Collecting paper, I'm like a dog in the trash. The grosser the better!

 

Japanese Occupation gets more hits than Japanese Invasion...

1) Trying to spot a Philippines 107A (capital A) 5 peso ... gold yellow reverse
...as shown in Wikipedia and Banknote Museum...
Ebay's user posted images provide a wide spectrum of shades of orange reverse (107a)
the only sure bet for 107A is a washed out pale white yellow.
I gambled buying a combined tattered foursome's single image that had contrasting reverses and got lucky.

2) P-115 1000 pesos. I observe on the front:
extending from the lower left of the large central numeral "1" of 1000 and from the lower right of the last zero in the large central numeral 1000...
...within the "rays" of the ?underprint? emanating from the central 1000
are, on each side, a pair of shadowy zeroes
which zeroes are not to be found- -not even a hint- -on many other otherwise identical p-115s.
Images would help.

 

Thanks for the share! Love me some Japanese invasion currency

 

I've got a set of Japanese occupation of Manchuria coins.
Now I'll have to look to see if there's any paper currency.

 

Plenty of Manchukuo paper!
"...Japanese occupation of Manchuria coins..."
That pulls up Wikipedia and more.

 

I looked at the websites AND in my Krause Publications Standards Catalog of World Paper Money, Volume Two, and I can't find a definitive statement that what was shown was Japanese occupation money.
Of course I can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese.
Nor do I know if there IS a difference.
And I can't read either anyway.

 

Manchukuo used to be listed under China with the other Japanese Puppet Banks in the Standard Catalog. It may have been moved to Volume One I more recent editions.

 

Lots of history with that note.

 

The type of thing that got me started collecting decades ago. It's not the value or beauty of the item, it's the story behind it. It becomes that much more interesting when it was something obtained by a parent or other relative. It was my father's bag of WWII coins in a Crown Royal bag that started my hoard.

 

I don't think they reference them as occupation. More like Japanese puppet bank issues listed under China. Chinese engraver making this one had a hidden message for the Japanese.

 

Yeh, I got the impression that the notes were done by Chinese engravers under the "direction" of the Japanese.
You more or less confirmed that.

And I was somewhat aware of the hidden messages.
Very -- um -- graphic.
Thanks for the images.

I think I'll pass on the puppet state paper currency.
My interest area would be notes that were printed in Japan for use in China.
That doesn't appears to have happened.

 

Maybe "military" currency would fit. I think they used Japan issues with overprints.

Japan Military in China - 100 Yen

 

Hmmm, yes, that would reasonably fit my interest area.
I'll have to look further into it.

Thanks again.