| | | Japanese Military Yen Notes - Set of 3 | Japanese Invasion of
China Military Yen
Notes: Following the
Japanese invasion of
China on July 7, 1937
( Marco Polo Bridge
incident ), the new
Prime Minister Prince
Fumimaro Konoye
embarked on an
undeclared war that
would continue until
1945. Like dominoes
the important
cultural & financial
cities of China fell
to the Japanese,
including ; Beijing
on July 28, Tientsin
July 29, Shanghai
November 8, Nanjing
December 13, and
Hanchow December 24.
Initially Bank of
Japan Yen notes were
used to pay the
troops and to buy
local material in
their newly conquered
territory, these were
at a par with the
then circulating
Chinese Yuan. The
extensive military
operations led to
high inflation in
China and forced
Japanese Yen back
into the homeland
economy, which had a
disastrous effect.
The following year
they put into
circulation money
called military yen,
which was not
convertible
into 'homeland yen'
and cost the Japanese
nothing.
On mainland China, these were eventually replaced with Reserve Bank and Central Reserve Bank issues, in fact produced by the Japanese from the captured printing facilities, but in Hong Kong & Hainan these Military Yen 'were used until the end of hostilities in 1945. Featured here is a set of three notes; 50 Sen, 5 & 10 Military Yen notes ( produced in 1938 ) showing a dragons & cocks, all in well used condition. These were recently unearthed in an underground Japanese armaments bunker.
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