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10 Dollars "Banana Money" Japanese Government

10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government) - obverse10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Malaya (British Malaysia)
Period Japanese occupation (1941-1945)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 1942-1944
Value 10 Dollars
Currency Dollar (1939-1953)
Composition Paper
Size 160 × 78 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 7 September 1945
Number
N#
203104
References P# M7
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera); Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba); Bananas; Pineapple (Ananas comosus) and other tropical plants.

Lettering:
THE
JAPANESE
GOVERNMENT
PROMISES TO PAY TO THE BEARER
ON DEMAND
TEN DOLLARS
府政國帝本日大

Reverse

Scenery with steamship on horizon and palm trees. Guilloche pattern, rosettes and frames.

Watermark

Repetitive re-curved ornaments

Comments

No signatures
Security Thread Absent

 

Forgeries

During the Japanese Occupation of Malaya The British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and The American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) produced forgeries in order to subvert the Japanese Military in Malaya by inflating the currency

 

The forgeries can be identified by the following

1. Absence of watermark

2. Absence of smoke from the ship on the reverse

3. Minor design variation on the obverse and reverse

4. Absence of red security threads

 

Picture

Obverse

Left: forgery

Right: genuine

 

Picture

Reverse

Left: forgery

Right: genuine

 

Complete prefix w/o serial number courtesy of chadlimjinjie

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Date G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1942-1944)  $ 26 P# M7a, Block letters with serial # 5%
ND (1942-1944)  $ 1.10 $ 1.10 $ 1.90 $ 2.40 $ 2.70 $ 3.20 $ 3.30 P# M7b, Block letters MB-MP without serial #, vertical upstrokes and downstrokes of "M" in Block letter 60%
ND (1942-1944)  $ 1.30 $ 1.30 $ 2.10 $ 2.40 $ 2.40 $ 3.70 P# M7c, Block letters without serial #, sloping upstrokes and downstrokes on "M" in Block letter 35%
ND (1942-1944)  P# M7s, specimen with red MIHON overprint 0.08%

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Auction 147
Lot 271
Internet Archive
17 Dec 2024 Undetermined UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Auction 143
Lot 132
Internet Archive
13 Nov 2024 Undetermined UNC USD 12.68
(EUR 11.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
The lot includes several items.
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Auction 140
Lot 1586
Internet Archive
22 Oct 2024 Undetermined UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Auction 132
Lot 179
Internet Archive
17 Jul 2024 Undetermined UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Auction 121
Lot 305
Internet Archive
18 Apr 2024 Undetermined UNC USD 5.77
(EUR 5.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Auction 118
Lot 193
Internet Archive
23 Mar 2024 Undetermined UNC USD 5.77
(EUR 5.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
The lot includes several items.
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Auction 111
Lot 128
Internet Archive
30 Jan 2024 Undetermined UNC USD 18.45
(EUR 16.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Auction 99
Lot 2756
Internet Archive
31 Oct 2023 Undetermined UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Auction 93
Lot 161
Internet Archive
24 Aug 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 10.38
(EUR 9.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars "Banana Money" (Japanese Government)
Katz
Jubilee Auction 60
Lot 380
Internet Archive
14 May 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 133.76
(EUR 116.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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