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At the time of its introduction in 1945 the won was pegged to the Japanese yen at a rate of 1 won = 1 yen. In October of the same year the anchor currency was changed to the US dollar at a rate of 15 won = 1 dollar. Toward the end of the Korean War the won was devalued at 6000 won = 1 dollar. [1]
Japanese Allied Military Currency (A yen and B yen) - used in Korea, issued for use in Japan but then demonetized there before they could be used [5] The majority of the notes were printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing, with some were printed by the Soviet Union and by the Japanese Ministry of Finance.
In Hong Kong, the military yen was forced upon the local population as the sole official currency of the territory. [1] Since the military yen was not backed by gold, and did not have a specific place of issuance, the military yen could not be exchanged for the Japanese yen. Forcing local populations to use the military yen officially was one ...
This is a list of tables showing the historical timeline of the exchange rate for the Indian rupee (INR) against the special drawing rights unit (SDR), United States dollar (USD), pound sterling (GBP), Deutsche mark (DM), euro (EUR) and Japanese yen (JPY). The rupee was worth one shilling and sixpence in sterling in 1947.
The Japanese yen hit a near-38 year low against the U.S. dollar late Wednesday, raising expectations that authorities could intervene in currency markets again.. The yen weakened to 160.82 against ...
The greenback hit 128.97 yen, the highest since May 2002. It was last up 1.5% at 128.94 yen. U.S. dollar rockets to 20-year peak vs yen on Fed, BOJ policy difference
In the brief time between the 1945 battle of Okinawa and the beginning of the US occupation, the islands went from a currency-free system, relying upon barter and distributions of supplies from the authorities, to the reintroduction of currency with the B yen, the introduction of the new Japanese yen (both "new yen" and "B yen" being used ...
The Japanese yen weakened on Friday as a downward spiral in U.S. Treasury yields ran out of steam, but it was heading for its biggest weekly gain this year amid concerns about the global economic ...