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Valued Member
United States
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I just wanted to post some quick pics of a some of my Japanese invasion currency. I had posted in the wanted section that I was looking for some but thought I would show off a little of what I have. This first pic is the second series one peso with just a few first series. In total, there are 267 pieces here.  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Ok. Here are the 5 pesos, the 10 pesos and the last photo has the 100s with one 500 and one 1000. There are 85 5s, 108 10s and 31 100s for a whopping total of 6372 pesos. The US did print counterfeit notes but I believe most of them were either 1st series or centavos. I haven't found any yet. The Japanese did have replacement notes like our "star" notes which have a 1 in front of the serial number instead of a 0. I do have a few of those in the 1 peso and 10 peso denomination. I will try to photograph more tonight. Mike    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice stash! Can you tell us more about what "Japanese invasion currency" measns?
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
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Wow, mmerc, that's quite a haul there. So are you planning your own invasion of the Philippines sometime soon? LOL.
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United States
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Hi Tims,
The invasion money (sometimes referred to as JIM) was basically issued by the Japanese government to replace the local currency of the countries they were "invading". You can find different money for the Philippines, Burma, Malaya, Dutch East Indies, and some of the smaller islands in Oceania just to name a few. The Japanese even produced but did not issue notes for when they invaded Russia. A few of these exist but are very rare.
Mike
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Valued Member
United States
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Below are some more pictures of my JIM from the Philippines. These are the smaller (in denomination and size) centavo notes. There are 169 of the 1's, 78 of the 5's, 22 10's, and 40 50's. Here is a fun fact if you have some that have holes punched in them. The US (probably hospitals, USO etc) gave out souvenir notes in theater and the way to tell if they are one of those pieces is you can find two holes punched in them (not sure exactly why). They don't command any premium but it is interesting to say the least. Most of my uncirculated notes have the holes in them.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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mmerc20.......Is there any value to these. My father served in 1944 in the Phillipines and brought back a variety of these Japanese notes also including Phillipine Pesos and Nederlandsch-Indie notes...Thanks!
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Valued Member
United States
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There isn't much value on them. I usually buy the centavo notes around 50 cents a piece and the pesos for no more than a dollar a piece at the most. The 500 and 1000 peso inflation notes are a "little" more valuable but not too much.
Mike
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Malaysia
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hi Mike interesting lot, are they easy to find?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My Dad was a WWII vet. He gave me a few of these and talked about how there were piles of them laying in the streets of Manila when he got there.
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 United States
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 to the Community, eujin425! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For many years the Philippine people holding these worthless notes tried unsuccessfully to get reimbursed from the post ear Japanese government.
KK
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United States
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This is about the only one I have; right out of my radar note collection;  |
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This is about the only one I have; right out of my radar note collection; Very nice!  |
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Posted 10/05/2010 09:40 am
