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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 invasion money – Various other currencies issued in territories occupied by Japan; Allied Military Currency – Currency issued by the Allied powers during World War II; Banknotes of the British Armed Forces – Currency issued by the British Armed Forces from 1946 to 1972; Military payment certificate – Currency issued by the U.S ...
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 – August 1945 Succeeded by ...
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.
During World War II in the Philippines, the occupying Japanese government issued a fiat currency in several denominations; this is known as the Japanese government–issued Philippine peso (see also Japanese invasion money). [1] The Japanese government outlawed possession of guerrilla currency, and declared a monopoly on the issuance of money ...
After the occupation began, the Japanese military government ruled that, as of 11 March 1942, the only valid currency in the region were military banknotes and existing colonial guilder. [4] Soon, however, they had begun replacing the pre-war currency at par. [5] They soon required that all extant Dutch currency be exchanged for the occupation ...
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.
Both "A" and "B yen" scrip in denominations from 10 sen to 100 yen were printed in 1945. These were to be used immediately upon the invasion of Okinawa, April 1, 1945. [1] [2] "A yen" scrip along with their "B yen" counterparts were initially presented in "SPECIMEN" booklets to help US Forces personnel identify the new invasion currency to be used.