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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 3785532, member: 6986&quot;]Rather than keep this buried in an unrelated thread, I thought I would start a new one on how to locate the diagnostics to determine the Japanese Military Peso notes counterfeited by the Allies.&nbsp; The counterfeits are all from the first series of notes.&nbsp; In the images below, the genuine note is on the left and the counterfeit on the right.</p><p><br /></p><p>50 centavos - the diagnostic is just below the upper right counter on the face.&nbsp; The curved line below the counter is solid on genuine notes but broken on the counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010834[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1 peso - the diagnostic is in the scrollwork of the upper left counter.&nbsp; The fingers below the three circles are separate on the original but come together on the counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010835[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>5 peso - the diagnostic is below the upper right counter.&nbsp; The curved lines below the counter are separate on the original but come together on the counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010838[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>10 peso - the diagnostic is above the upper left counter on the back.&nbsp; There is a small tick mark that appears between the 1 and 0 in 10 on the counterfeit that is not there on the genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1010839[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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