Malaya Japanese Occupation $5 Propaganda "VJ" Error Notes.
Rarity:
RRR
On the night of 10 August 1945, Japan expressed her acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and willingness to surrender.On 15 August, Emperor Horohito went on Radio Tokyo to declare the termination of war and ordered all Japanese to lay down their arms.The Allied proclaimed 15 August as
V-J Day (Victory Over Japan), in commemoration of the end of the Pacific war.
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| Printed On The Reverse Of The $5 "MK" JIM Notes |
To publicize the Allied victory over Japan and the demise of their
invasion currency, certain party/parties (unknown) presumably in the
British Government, overprint the $5
JIM in bright red with " MALAYAN "
at its top and " WAR SOUVENIR " below; with the huge letters " VJ " in
between. " Grim Memories of 1941-45 " was printed in black
italics across " VJ ". The leaflets were airdropped by the Allied
beginning 20 August 1945 and they were greeted by the gleeful cheers of
the people each time they made their low level passes.
Few months ago, a serious
Japanese numismatist who specialized in collecting
JIM $5 propaganda
error notes passed away. He left behind a set of rare and very
interesting
JIM $5 propaganda error notes. I would like to share them
with you.
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| Type " MR " With Red Colour V-J Overprint Omitted |
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| Type " MR " With Black Colour " Grim Memories of 1941-45 "Overprint Omitted. |
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| Type " MH " With No Serial Numbers and notice the absence of Black Colour " Grim Memories of 1941-45 "Overprint. |
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| Type " MK ", Reverse; With Black Colour " Grim Memories of 1941-45 "Overprint Omitted. |
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| Type " MK " With Black Colour " Grim Memories of 1941-45 "Overprint Omitted. |
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| Type " MC " With Black Colour " Grim Memories of 1941-45 "Overprint Omitted. |
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| Type " ME " With Black Colour " Grim Memories of 1941-45 "Overprint Omitted. |
Very nice indeed....hope to see more of these...
ReplyDeletelook like the MR, MH , MC and ME have a sharp 'R' type.
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