Here is a bill that was made for only African Americans during WW2. Look carefully in the middle of the note and you will see the paragraph.Also, I have a japanese occupation note from 1944.
That is a provincial issue of the Philippines and not aimed at African Americans There were two such named Negros - Oriental Province http://www.negor.gov.ph/ Negros - Occidental province http://www.negros-occ.gov.ph/
Negros is an island of the Philippines located in the Visayas, at 10°N 123°E / 10°N 123°E / 10; 123. It is the third-largest island in the country, with a land area of 13,328 km² (5,146 square mi.). People on the island are called Negrenses. What does that have to do with African Americans? Or anything else African related? Your posted currency is nothing more than Phillipine notgeld issued in a limited area of the war-torn country during WWII due to lack of legal tender.
It is though still of interest to those of us who collect it due to the amount of variation that there is and I honestly woudnt call the top note Notgeld
I am impressed with you knowledge of World Currency! Kudos De Orc and Hontani.. Still nice notes all the same! RickieB
Strange as it might seem LOL I just happen to have a small collection of them and the JIM notes :goofer:
Of course technically, since it isn't German, it can't be "notgeld"; but what else would you call currency issued by a local governmental unit at a time that the national government isn't providing an adequate supply of legal tender? I wouldn't call it "provincial currency", which to me is money issued by a local government, with the tacit or express consent of the national government, and with the intention that it pass - at least throughout the issuing bailiwick - as legal tender. Examples are the Akita and Sado coinage of Japan, the German States coinage of the Imperial Period, and the Italian States coinage of the 19th Century. In fact, I'm not sure that individual national Euro commemoratives don't fit that category as well.
German Notgeld was issued deal with economic crisis situations such as a shortage of small change or hyperinflation Philippino Emergancy money was issued because the country was been invaded and overrun and later to pay Guerillas fighting the Japanese invaders the penelty for been caught with it was death We are talking here about a country under occupation and not a country suffering from inflation. There is quite a difference. It was not a case of the Central govverment not producing a adequate supply for the most part the central goverment was in retreat or non existant Emergency circulating notes were currency printed by the Philippine Commonwealth Government in exile and local government units and banks using crude inks and materials German Notgeld was not issued by the German Goverment, the Philippomo currency was regarded as legal tender.
This is why I was asking questions about this currency. This is how it was presented to me by the seller who was selling his grandfathers currency collection and when I read the note that is what I thought but did not make any sense.Thanks for helping Randy
