Ten peso note used during the Japanese Occupation

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Title
Ten peso note used during the Japanese Occupation
Year/Period
1942-1945
Region
Philippines
Dimension
Image size: 7 x 16 cm
Accession No.
1995-03793

Japanese invasion money (JIM) was paper money used by the Japanese to establish economic control in occupied areas during World War Two. This ten peso note features the Jose Rizal monument in Rizal Park, Manila. Hyperinflation made the Japanese-Philippine pesos worthless, causing Filipinos to call it ‘Mickey Mouse money’, implying that it was as good as play money.

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