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ghostrider Pillar of the Community United States 1116 Posts	Posted 03/24/2015 9:40 pm We all know about the Africa and Hawaii emergency dollars. Today I was talking about currency and in particular the emergency dollars, when he brought up his remembrance of similar currency also being printed in Guam. I seem to recall them but he is incissint that there were actually bills being printed like that. He is adamant that just because I can't find anything about them doesn't mean anything other than my really bad computer skills. To tell the truth I seem to remember seeing such bills when I was kid. Does anyone have a definitive answer on this? Report this Post to the Staff

CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12817 Posts	Posted 03/24/2015 11:27 pm Who's "he"? I've never come across anything like that in my research (digital or analog), but I'm surprised daily on this forum about how little I know. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 03/24/2015 11:48 pm Since Guam was captured by the Japanese only a few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, they wouldn't have had time to print "Hawaii"-style notes. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3330 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 08:54 am Quote: Japanese yen became the island's currency from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japane...tion_of_Guam Report this Post to the Staff
lettow Pillar of the Community United States 742 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 10:40 am The Hawaii overprinted notes were used as invasion currency on Guam and other areas of the Pacific by the US. None of it was printed on Guam, however. The only military notes that I know of that were printed on Guam were the Thai and Korean MPC coupons used in Vietnam. Report this Post to the Staff
ghostrider Pillar of the Community United States 1116 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 4:03 pm I don't know if both of us were remembering ghosts and smoke. I wouldn't be surprise if both of us were feeding off of the other. I do seem to remember seeing "Guam" overprints on dollar bills. But I wouldn't be surprised to learn that both of us were remembering something else and applying it to a dollar bill. I'd really like to figure out what we were both remembering, but then neither of us is an expert on to many things. Thanks for the information. My wife came home last night with an example of the Hawaii overprinted note that she got in one of her registers that was in sad shape and is probably only good enough to be a horrible example. It had a 1/4" by 1" hole but its been put away. I think that I can safely say that there is no numismatic value to the bill at all. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 6:03 pm Quote: But I wouldn't be surprised to learn that both of us were remembering something else and applying it to a dollar bill. Are or were either of you stamp collectors? There were some postage stamps overprinted "GUAM" but they date from just after the US acquisition in 1898, long before WWII. That's the closest I can think of, I'm afraid. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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