Title
One hundred yen note
Year/Period
1938-1945
Region
Japan and China
Dimension
Image size: 9.5 x 16 cm
Accession No.
1995-03795
Collection of
Military yen was issued in the Japanese occupied area of China in 1938. It was made by taking unfinished Japanese notes and overprinting characters that read ‘military yen’ on the obverse and reverse. Although it was eventually replaced by puppet bank notes in 1940, the use of military yen continued in Hong Kong and Hainan throughout the war.
