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The following replica* JIM or banknotes of the Japanese Invasion and Occupation of the following areas are offered for sale:  {Only those notes which are highlighted in BLUE are currently for sale; others will follow.}

 

BURMA:

Issue of 1942-44:  P-9 One Cent, P-10 Five Cents, P-11 Ten Cents, P-12 ¼ Rupee, P-13 ½ Rupee, P-14 One Rupee, P-15 Five Rupees, P-16 Ten Rupees, P-17 One Hundred Rupees.

Issue of 1944 by the State of Burma (Japanese Puppet State) Burma State Bank:  P-18 One Kyat, P-19 Five Kyats, P-20 Ten Kyats, P-21 One Hundred Kyats.

Issue of 1945 by the State of Burma (Japanese Puppet State) Burma State Bank:  P-22 One Hundred Kyats.

MALAYA:  Issue of 1942-45:  M-1 One Cent, M-2 Five Cents, M-3 Ten Cents, M-4 Fifty Cents, M-5 One Dollar, M-6 Five Dollars, M-7 Ten Dollars, M-8 One Hundred Dollars, M-9 One Hundred Dollars, M-10 One Thousand Dollars.

 

NETHERLANDS INDIES:  

Issue of 1942:  P-119 One Cent, P-120 Five Cents, P-121 Ten Cents, P-122 ½ Gulden, P-123 One Gulden, P-124 Five Gulden, P-125 Ten Gulden.

Issue of 1944-45:  P-126 One Hundred Roepiah, P-127 One Thousand Roepiah.

Issue of 1944:  P-128 ½ Roepiah, P-129 One Roepiah, P-130 Five Roepiah, P-131 Ten Roepiah, P-132 One Hundred Roepiah, P-133 One Hundred Roepiah. 

OCEANIA:  Issue of 1942:  P-1  ½ Shilling, P-2  One Shilling, P-3 10 Shillings, P-4 One Pound.

 

PHILIPPINES:  

Issue of 1942:  P-102 One Centavo, P-103 Five Centavos, P-104 Ten Centavos, P-105 Fifty Centavos, P-106 One Peso, P-107 Five Pesos, P-107A Five Pesos, P-108 Ten Pesos.

Issue of 1943:  P-109 One Peso, P-110 Five Pesos, P-111 Ten Pesos, P-112 One Hundred Pesos.

Issue of 1944-45:  P-113 One Hundred Pesos, P-114 Five Hundred Pesos, P-115 One Thousand Pesos.

Issue of 1944: (In Tagalog) P-115A 10 Pisos, P-116 One Hundred Pisos. Neither of these two notes were ever issued.

An Allied propaganda note of 10 Pesos was made and dropped onto the Philippines which read "THE CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE: WHAT IS IT WORTH?" - And, after the war ended there was an effort to have the US government to redeem the Japanese issued money. It didn't happen, but the notes collected were stamped: JAPWANCAP, Inc. Notes with this stamp on them are almost always circulated ones.

Replica* ... Why replicas instead of the original, authentic banknotes?

Each of these replica notes are copied from the best available original banknotes and onto paper and using colors as similar to the original as possible.

The nominal price asked is affordable and reasonable.

Each of these replica banknotes are impressed with the word "COPY", ¼" tall, to comply with existing laws and regulations, and is permanent inasmuch as the word cannot be successfully removed. This process is more time consuming, but it allows for the total visual aspect enjoyment.