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5 Yen US Military Currency - A-Note
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Value | 5 Yen (5 JPY) |
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| Obverse lettering | MILITARY CURRENCY 五 5 SERIES A 100 A 10797788 A 五 五 圓 FIVE YEN 圓 A SERIES 100 5 軍票 五 (Translation: 5 5 5 Yen Yen 5 Military currency) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown on a pale pink guilloche underprint, the reverse centres on an elaborate lathe-work vignette of acanthus scrollwork surrounding an oval medallion enclosing a floral bouquet motif. The top panel carries the English inscription 'ISSUED PURSUANT TO MILITARY PROCLAMATION' within a bordered cartouche, while the corresponding Japanese text occupies a framed band along the bottom panel. |
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Allied Military Currency for Japan was produced in the United States under strict wartime-carry-over secrecy, with Series 100 notes — identifiable by the "A" block letter prefix — introduced specifically for the post-surrender occupation. The yen-denominated MPC was legal tender throughout occupied Japan, designed to insulate the Japanese monetary system from dollar-based black market arbitrage that had badly undermined earlier occupation currencies in other theaters.
The "A-note" designation comes from collector convention, not official Allied nomenclature. Series 100 was withdrawn and replaced relatively quickly as occupation financial controls tightened through 1946–1947.