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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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