One hundred rupee note used during the Japanese Occupation

Title
One hundred rupee note used during the Japanese Occupation
Year/Period
1942-1945
Region
Myanmar
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 8.1 x 17 cm
Accession No.
1994-05558
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Silpachi Jarukasemratana

Japanese invasion money (JIM) was paper money used by the Japanese to establish economic control in occupied areas during World War Two. Blocks or code letters (e.g. BA or B/AA) were printed on the paper money for circulation control. The first letter of the code indicates where the money was used. In this case, paper money with blocks starting with the letter ‘B’ was used in Burma. This one hundred rupee note features the Ananda Temple at Pagan on the obverse.