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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Hong Kong Government |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FIVE DOLLARS 中央儲備銀行 壹仟圓 ATQ |
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| Reverse lettering | THE CENTRAL RESERVE BANK OF CHINA ONE THOUSAND YUAN 1000 1944 GOVERNOR VICE GOVERNOR |
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The Hong Kong Government's wartime dollar notes are a study in administrative stubbornness. Japan had occupied Hong Kong since December 1941, and the colonial government-in-exile continued issuing currency — partly to maintain a legal claim to monetary authority, partly for eventual use in reoccupation. These 1944 notes were printed well before liberation and stockpiled for deployment after the surrender.
Pick 319 belongs to a series that saw heavy use during the chaotic weeks following Japan's capitulation in August 1945, when the military administration scrambled to restore economic order before civilian government returned. The Japanese-issued military yen had to be demonetized rapidly, and these pre-printed notes were central to that process.
The printer was Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. of New Malden, Surrey.