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United States. War Dept. [American Military Occupation Currency B-Yen Fifty Sen]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.370 Author/Creator: United States. War Dept. Place Written: Mariana Islands Type: Object Date: 1944 Pagination: 1 banknote : paper : blue, brown, and red ; 7.6 x 8.9 cm. Order a Copy

A banknote worth fifty sen and used in areas occupied by the American military in Japan. There is a note at the top marking it as five cents.

The decorative engraving on the front side is printed in blue and on the reverse it is printed in brown and red.

Robert "Bob" Stone was a Bombardier in World War II and served in the Pacific Front. These letters, were compiled by Bob's wife, Sheila M. Stone, and Ali Adair into a book named Letters in a Box. This book details Bob's service to his country, and his life after the war. Bob's letters were donated to the collection by his wife, Sheila M. Stone, in 2017. It contains a variety of letters, postcards, patches, pins, photographs, and scrapbooks that relate to Bob's training and combat missions.

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