Japanese Occupation of Russian Territory
Money to be issued in the event of the successful Japanese occupation of the Eastern most territories of the Soviet Union, which bordered the Japanese Empire.
The invasion plans were abandoned as the Asia-Pacific War progressed, and the situation deteriorated for the Japanese. Towards the end of the war most of the stocks of these unissued notes were destroyed, though a few were rescued.
Императорское японское правительство - Imperial Japanese Government
The Money
The Japanese text which appears in the lower border of every banknote translates as "The Government of Great Imperial Japan". The small circular seal found nearby is of the Ministry of Finance.
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10 Kopeks Undated. (Unissued - planned issue for 1940). Numerical block of the type used on some of the Japanese puppet bank and military notes for occupied China. Grey-Green on pale blue-green. (front) Russian title and denomination text in centre, flanked by numerical amount. (back) numerical amount and patterned borders. Watermark: quatrefoil kiri flower? Printer: Japanese Government Type 1 (SCWPM: Japan M19) Block serial: highest known <18>. Rare. |
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50 Kopeks Undated. (Unissued - planned issue for 1940). Numerical block of the type used on some of the Japanese puppet bank and military notes for occupied China. Red-Brown on pink. (front) Russian title and denomination text in centre, flanked by numerical amount. (back) numerical amount and patterned borders. Back design identical to that of the Malaya Occupation 50 cents (Krause Malaya M4). Watermark: quatrefoil kiri flower? Printer: Japanese Government Type 1 (SCWPM: Japan M20) Block serial: highest known <14>. Rare. |
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1 Ruble Undated. (Unissued - planned issue for 1940). Numerical block of the type used on some of the Japanese puppet bank and military notes for occupied China. Brown on tan. (front) Russian title and denomination text in centre, numerical amount at left, flowers at right. (back) numerical amount and patterned borders. Back design identical to that of the Malaya Occupation 1 Dollar (Krause Malaya M5). Watermark: quatrefoil kiri flower? Printer: Japanese Government Type 1 (SCWPM: Japan M21) Block serial: highest known <16>. Rare. |
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5 Rubles
Undated. (Unissued - planned issue for 1940). Numerical block of the type used on some of the Japanese puppet bank and military notes for occupied China. Blue on light blue. (front) Russian title and denomination text in centre, numerical amount at left, flowers at right. (back) numerical amount and patterned borders. Back design identical to that of the Malaya Occupation 5 Dollars (Krause Malaya M6). Watermark: quatrefoil kiri flower? Printer: Japanese Government Type 1 (SCWPM: Japan M22) Block serial: highest known <11> |
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1 Chervonetz Undated. (Unissued - planned issue for 1940). Numerical block of the type used on some of the Japanese puppet bank and military notes for occupied China. Dark blue on light blue. (front) Russian title and denomination text in centre, numerical amount at left, two 'peasant' women farmers at right, gathering the harvest. (back) numerical amount and patterned borders. Back design similar to that of the Oceania Occupation 1 Pound (Krause Oceania 4): a different guilloche and numerical '1' occupies the centre in place of the '1 Pound' text. All of the '1's use a different font. Watermark: quatrefoil kiri flower? Printer: Japanese Government Type 1 (Krause: Japan M23) Block serial: highest known <12> |
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Sources: (1) SCWPM (Krause) 2009, p783. (2) An article of the Japanese Occupation Notes for Russia by VM Gerasimov + Chikao Terada "Japanese Military Currency
1888-1945", pub. 1987.
