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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.
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 military also issued some of these notes in the Korean Empire as "special occupation currency". [11] The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the Russo-Japanese War on September 5, 1905. [12] As Russo-Japanese War military bonds were not permitted to circulate in Japan, they "obtained wide currency" in Korea and Manchuria. [13]
In 1946, following the Second World War, Japan removed the old currency (旧円券) and introduced the "New Yen" (新円券). [1] Meanwhile, American occupation forces used a parallel system, called B yen, from 1945 to 1958. Since then, together with the economic expansion of Japan, the yen has become one of the major currencies of the world. [9]
The United States military used these as payment certificates, while the civilian population used "B Yen" scrip as currency. [3] "A yen" scrip was used as general currency in Korea from September 7, 1945, to July 10, 1946. [2] "A yen" scrip was eventually deprecated in all three regions on July 21, 1948, in favor of a one currency "B yen" scrip ...
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 ...
The AM-Mark ("Allied Military Currency") was the currency issued in Allied-occupied Germany by AMGOT after the commencement of Operation Wild Dog in 1944. Individual prefix identification for Occupation zones (USA > 1, British > 0, French > 00, Soviet > -) quantities printed represented 532,000,000 notes. These notes circulated through mid 1948.
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. A complete set of B yen notes (1945–1958) B yen ( B円 , B en ) was a colloquial term used to refer to a form of military scrip used in post-war US-Occupied Okinawa from April 15, 1946, to September 1958.