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A photographer kneels on a street littered with invasion money, Rangoon, 1945. Japanese invasion money, officially known as Southern Development Bank Notes (Japanese: 大東亜戦争軍票 Dai Tō-A Sensō gunpyō, "Greater East Asia War military scrip"), was currency issued by the Japanese Military Authority, as a replacement for local currency after the conquest of colonies and other states ...
Japanese military currency (Chinese and Japanese: 日本軍用手票, also 日本軍票 in short) was money issued to the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces as a salary. [ citation needed ] The military yen reached its peak during the Pacific War period, when the Japanese government excessively [ clarification needed ] issued it to ...
Reason: Japan lost World War II. Ratio: The occupation currency became worthless. The value of the pre-occupation currency was restored. Preceded by: Sarawak dollar Location: present day Sarawak, Malaysia Reason: fall of Borneo in the hands of Japan in World War II. Ratio: at par with the Malayan dollar: Currency of the Kingdom of Sarawak 1942 ...
Japanese military currency (日本軍用手票) is the name given to money used by the Japanese armed forces for the purchase of supplies in occupied territories. [1] It was mainly issued in denominations of yen , and subsidiary currency of sen with the exception of the first Sino-Japanese War series.
The pound was one of several issues of Japanese invasion money used during World War II. One pound was subdivided into 20 shillings. Consisting of only four denominations, the Oceanian pound was the shortest set (i.e., total number of denominations) issued. Only notes for £1, 10/–, 1/– and 1 / 2 /– were issued.
Japanese military currency may refer to: Japanese military currency (1894–1918), issued during the Meiji and Taishō period; Japanese military currency (1937–1945), issued during World War II; Japanese invasion money, issued during World War II by the Japanese Military Authority
The Japanese invasion money used in the Netherlands Indies was first denominated in guilder (1942) [17] and later in Roepiah (1944–45). [18] The guilder issue bears the payment obligation "De Japansche Regeering Betaalt Aan Toonder" (The Japanese Government pays to the bearer) on notes one-half guilder and above. [19]
When the "Bank of Japan Act" was promulgated on February 24, 1942, it allowed the Bank of Japan to be re-organized to reflect the reality of World War II. [67] This act allowed "primary" five yen notes to be treated as fiat money , which was not guaranteed to be converted into gold and circulated with the credit of the government. [ 63 ]