Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Yen US Military Currency - B-Note
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority (United States Armed Forces) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1945-1957 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | MILITARY CURRENCY SERIES 100 圓 壹 1 B 壹圓 [serial number] B ONE YEN SERIES 100 1 軍票 (Translation: Military Currency / Series 100 / One Yen / Issued pursuant to military proclamation) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | P#67a - serial # prefix / suffix A-A P#67b - serial # prefix / suffix B-B P#67c - serial # prefix / suffix C-C P#67d - serial # prefix / suffix D-D |
| Comments |
The B-yen series was introduced in September 1945 specifically to prevent occupation personnel from draining the Japanese civilian economy of goods by spending dollars at inflated exchange rates. Denominated in yen but inconvertible with Japanese-issue currency, the notes created a legally segregated monetary circuit for Allied troops — a practical solution to a problem that had caused serious black-market distortions in earlier occupation theatres.
Forbes Lithograph in Boston produced the entire series under military contract. The "B" designation, which gave the notes their common name, appears in the serial numbering prefix and was the public's quickest way to distinguish occupation scrip from Bank of Japan notes circulating alongside them.