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½ Yen British Commonwealth Occupation Force
| Issuer | Australian Army Canteen Service (B.C.O.F.) |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on green underprint; the Australian coat of arms appears as a central underprint device. Legends identify the issuing authority and denomination, with the printer's imprint at lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEEN SERVICE B.C.O.F. Half Yen Miller, Melb. |
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The British Commonwealth Occupation Force notes were issued for use in occupied Japan from 1946, allowing BCOF personnel to make purchases without using Japanese yen directly — a deliberate policy decision to keep Allied spending separate from the fragile civilian economy. The Australian Army Canteen Service series, printed by Miller in Melbourne, was a strictly internal scrip: usable only within designated canteen facilities and not redeemable through Japanese channels.
The half-yen denomination is the smallest in the BCOF canteen series and consequently the most prone to attrition. Few saw formal preservation.