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1 Gulden Japanese Occupation
| Issuer | Japanese Government (Occupying Authority) |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Currency | Gulden (decimalized, 1854-1948) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Repeated kiri (paulownia) flower pattern; watermark is sometimes not clearly discernible. |
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Japan issued occupation currency for the Dutch East Indies almost immediately after the invasion began in early 1942, with these guilder-denominated notes deliberately mirroring the colonial monetary system to ease acceptance among a population that had used Netherlands Indies guilders for decades. The choice to denominate in guilders rather than yen was pragmatic — it sidestepped the need to establish exchange rates at the point of transaction.
The notes carried no issuing bank name, only "De Japansche Regeering" — the Japanese Government — a bluntness unusual for occupation currency, which more typically invents a plausible-sounding local bank. Postwar redemption was denied, leaving enormous quantities worthless overnight in August 1945.