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In 1943 MacArthur requested and received the following counterfeited notes: five million 10-peso notes, three million 5-peso notes, one and a half million 1-peso notes and five hundred thousand 50-centavo notes. [8] The American forgeries are known to have the following block letter codes: 50-centavo bills: PA, PB, PE, PF, PG, PH and PI
During World War II, the Japanese Military issued invasion currency for Netherlands Indian roepiah, Burmese rupee, and Singapore, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei. The Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942–45) was no different. This is a complete set of Japanese government-issued Philippine peso.
In 1944, inflation led to the issuing of a 100-dollar note. In 1945, a replacement note 100-dollar bill was issued as well as a hyper-inflation 1,000 note. The 1942 series of notes, including the 50c and 1, 5, 10, and the 1944/45 100-dollar all contained the text [The Japanese Government] "Promises To Pay The Bearer on Demand".
In addition to those issues, the Commonwealth government also allowed municipal and provincial authorities to issue notes denominated in centavos and pesos. When military defeat in the Philippines was inevitable, the U.S. and Philippine authorities, in an effort to prevent economic resources falling into the hands of the Imperial Japanese ...
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
The Republican government followed suit on 30 October 1946, replacing the occupation currency with Oeang Repoeblik Indonesia (ORI) at an official rate of 50 Japanese roepiah for 1 ORI. [15] [16] However, owing to the ongoing Indonesian National Revolution and the resulting chaotic monetary landscape, Japanese-issued bills remained in use into ...
The peso issued by the Japanese government nicknamed as "The Mickey Mouse money". During World War II in the Philippines, the occupying Japanese government-issued fiat currency in several denominations; this is known as the Japanese government-issued Philippine fiat peso (see also Japanese invasion money).
The Japanese dollar was one of several forms of Japanese invasion money issued throughout the newly expanded Empire of Japan. Similar currencies were issued in Burma (as the Japanese rupee ), the Dutch East Indies (as the Japanese gulden/roepiah ), the Philippines (as the Japanese peso ) and various Melanesian and Polynesian territories (as the ...