Japanese Government [Japanese Military Occupation Currency Fifty Sen]

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GLC#
GLC09620.371-View header record
Type
Objects
Date
1944
Author/Creator
Japanese Government
Title
[Japanese Military Occupation Currency Fifty Sen]
Place Written
Japan
Pagination
1 banknote : paper : green, blue, and red Height: 7.5 cm, Width: 11.5 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

A banknote worth fifty Sen, used in areas occupied by the Japanese Military. The reverse side is a blue and red engraving of an entrance to a village.

Robert L. Stone made notes on an the side noting the bill as worth fifty sen with a picture of mountains printed in green. He wrote "Guam to Volcano Is. (Iwo Jima) 11/11/44. 431st Bomb Squadron 11th Bomb Group, December 15 Iwo Jima. Tinian to Bonin Is (Chichi + Haha Jima) (11/1/44)."

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