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10 Sen Japanese Military Occupation
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Government |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Printer | Cabinet Printing Bureau, Empire of Japan |
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| Obverse lettering | 大日本帝國政府 拾銭 大日本帝國內閣印刷局製造 (Translation: Empire of Japan 10 Sen Made by the printing Bureau of the Empire of Japan) |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 Sen 此票一到即換正面所開日本通貨 如有偽造變造仿造或知情行使者均應重罰不貸 (Translation: 10 Sen This note is exchangeable to Japanese currency upon presentation. Severe punishment will be applied to anyone who counterfeits notes or knowingly uses such notes.) |
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Japan's military scrip for occupied territories in the late 1930s was deliberately kept simple and cheap to produce — the Cabinet Printing Bureau turned these out at volume to fund operations across China and Southeast Asia without drawing on the home currency supply. The 10 Sen denomination sat at the lowest practical end of the scrip range, used primarily for small transactions in occupied markets where local populations had little choice but to accept it.
P#M11 is sometimes confused with later Philippine and Dutch East Indies occupation issues, but this series predates those campaigns entirely, tied to the China theater.