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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 ...
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]
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 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.
The "Bank of Japan Act" was later promulgated on February 24, 1942, which allowed the Bank of Japan to be re-organized to reflect the reality of World War II. [67] As the convertible wording on the obverse no longer applied, the Bank of Japan released a new series of nonconvertible notes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, and eventually 100 yen as ...
The Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and martial law was declared in the Dutch East Indies. Following the failure of negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Japanese ...
Japanese invasion money of the Netherlands Indies, 1942 series (featured picture set) (7 F) Pages in category "Japanese invasion money" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.