War Money of Imperial JapanBeginning with the December 7, 1941 surprise aack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Empire went on the offensive in the Pacific, invading the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, the Dutch East Indies, Thailand, Hong Kong, Brish Malaya, and Singapore. To finance the war effort, the government issued a series of Greater East Asia War Discounted Treasury Bonds, with images of the Japanese army, navy, and air force. This example is a 10 yen issue. Further, the Central Bank was formally restructured in 1942, and new banknotes issued, among them these 5 and 10 sen these 5 and 10 sen examples, P-52 and 53, respecvely.

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