Japanese Invasion Money (JIM) WWII Banknotes Set of 5 Malaya & Philippines.
Condition: USED - This are the notes you will get.
Place Asia: Japan
Collection type: WWII
Object type Currency
Material: Paper Banknotes (Printed)
Maker Japanese Armed Forces
Place made Japan
Date made 1941-1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
These notes are generally referred to as Japanese Invasion Money (JIM). Generally, the Japanese Government authorised various printings to equate approximately with each occupied country's pre-war currency, and these printings were usually planned and published ahead of the invasions. The philosophy behind the issue was to maintain economic stability within the occupied country; and as part of Japan's stated plan for a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", to abolish all traces of western influence and establish Japan as the dominant economic influence. Thus, the occupation of Burma saw the issue of cents and rupee JIM; cents/guilder were produced for the Netherlands East Indies, centavos/pesos produced for use in the Philippines and Dollars and Cents for Malaya and Singapore.