Talk:Japanese invasion money

Proposed Invasion of Mexico?
There is a reference to currency being printed for such a plan, but no Wiki article about said plan. Might be worth adding. 75.142.145.212 (talk) 16:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I've just removed this claim as it seems to have no basis in reality. The Japanese never planned to invade anything to the east of Midway (proposals to invade Hawaii were rejected as unfeasible). Nick Dowling (talk) 08:13, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Serial Numbers
The paragraph on Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei says that serial numbers were used early in the War; Maybe somebody can add some info on the Invasion currency of the Philipines, with regard to Serial Numbers. Because Im a collector; Ive seen serial numbers on the Philipine currency as well, but then also, the serial numbers were abandoned. Is there any significance and meaning of any of the serial numbers? Were records kept? 206.192.35.125 (talk) 18:56, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Following is from Guerilla-money.com:

Now for an explanation of the method the Japanese used for adding serial numbers to most of these issues. They first used what are known as "Block Letters", printed in red on the face of the note. This system has the first letter denoting the location issued: therefore, the Philippines had block letters which started with P. So for example, the Philippine notes would have on the front depending on when printed, a set of letters in red: PA, PB, PC all the way through PZ. These are known as "Whole Block Letters".

When PZ was reached, one of two things happened- for the one through fifty centavos notes, it was decided to use what is called "Fractional Block Letters". These were basically a fraction, but instead of numbers, it was letters, appearing like this: P/AA and this system worked in the same principal as before. The letter on top denoted the location, and the bottom two were the series, starting with AA and progressing as needed. When AZ was reached, it was advanced to BA and went through BZ, and on some issues, CA and so on to EZ. For the Pesos notes, serial numbering was introduced (as well as a design change).

Some denominations have letters skipped over. The reason for this is not known, but it is believed that so many of these notes were printed, they may not have been discovered yet. Even today, bundles of Japanese Invasion Money are being discovered under old huts, in tunnels and stuffed into caves.

The second issue peso notes (1, 5, 10 and 100 Pesos) had a block number and a serial number usually beginning with a zero. Some serial numbered notes begin with the number one. These notes were issued as replacements for damaged notes, much like American 'star' notes (although a lot harder to find!). The block number range of the notes with serial numbers is 1 - 79. On the one peso notes only, blocks 80 - 87 had no serial numbers (they were produced in haste after the Americans landed on Luzon- there were 5 print runs). These notes with just plate block numbers are much harder to find than the ones with serial numbers. 206.192.35.125 (talk) 19:19, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

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PHILIPPINES: Can someone please provide a citation or citations for the following: “On 10 December 1941 Japanese troops landed on Luzon. The Japanese invaded Manila on 2 January 1942, and in the process captured more than $20.5 Million in U.S. and local cash and an unknown amount of foreign currency and bullion.[citation needed]” Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.132.179.74 (talk) 21:38, 7 March 2022 (UTC)