Japanese Invasion Notes

Yes, I also picked out my first piece of invasion money recently and looked into it - they really are fairly worthless in almost all denominations, and even the propaganda overprints are being faked. However, the story behind all the different counterfeits and overprints issued by all factions in WWII is quite fascinating.

http://tomchao.com/as/jima.html
http://www.antiquemoney.com/the-jap...nment-pesos/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japane...vasion_money

If you know who brought these notes back, then they are a very nice family heirloom, but not a lot more unfortunately.

The financial value of some notes are always high due to their scarcity, such as the 1945 100 Pesos, the Malaya 1000 Dollars (in particular with black block serial). Early Malaya and Netherlands Indies issues with full serial numbers are worth far more than those without, especially in uncirculated condition. Oceania notes can be pricier and the unissued Russian notes are so scarce that I was beginning to wonder if they were a myth until two appeared at an auction a couple of years ago.

The value in a non-financial sense of Japanese occupation money generally depends on the collector. Many collectors will pay far more for a note with scarcer block serials, for example the Burma 1/2 and 1 Rupee notes with blocks BA-BC. These are far scarcer than the BD notes you could practically paper the moon with. Additionally, there are the Allied forces forgeries printed by the US, UK and Australia which are fascinating (and only some types have been successfully identified) and Australian period replicas of the Oceania notes which are worth more than the originals.

More information can be found here: http://asiamoney.weebly.com/japanes...n-money.html