Banknotes from the Japanese puppet states in China

Already from the start of the 20th century, the Japanese Empire was focused on expanding its territory to the Asian mainland. Following unrest between the various factions in the Republic of China, Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 and established a state called Manchukuo in 1936. Puyi, the last Emperor of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, was invited to rule this puppet state. From 1936 the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, a conflict that became part of the Second World War. Japan invaded Inner Mongolia, establishing a puppet state called Mengjiang. Large parts of coastal China were conquered from 1937, establishing more puppet states: Hopei or Hebei (1935-38), Provisional Government of China (1938-40, capital in Beijing), Reformed Government of China (1938-40, capital in Nanjing) and Reorganized National Government (1940-45, a merger of the 2 previous states).
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See also: Republic of China, Japan, Japanese occupation of Oceania

• China, Provisional Government of the Republic of
  • Yen (1937-1945)
• China, Reformed Government of the Republic of
  • Yuan
  • Yuan (1912-1948)
• East Hebei
  • Yen (1936-1939)
• Manchoukuo
  • Yuan (1934-1945)
• Meng Chiang
  • Yen (1938-1944)

China › China, Japanese puppet states in › Amoy Island

1 Fen (The Amoy Industrial Bank)
ND (1940)
Local banknote
79 × 42 mm
P# S1655, N# 215470

5 Fen (Amoy Industrial Bank)
ND (1940)
Local banknote
78 × 42 mm
P# S1656, N# 214635

1 Chiao (The Amoy Industrial Bank)
ND (1940)
Local banknote
108 × 54 mm
P# S1657, N# 215471

5 Chiao (The Amoy Industrial Bank)
ND (1940)
Local banknote
131 × 68 mm
P# S1658, N# 215957

China › China, Japanese puppet states in › China, Provisional Government of the Republic of • Yen (1937-1945)

1 Sen (Japanese Military Occupation)
ND (1939)
Standard banknote
94 × 44 mm
P# M7, JNDA# 13-37, N# 239879

1 Sen (w/o block number)
ND (1939)
Standard banknote
95 × 45 mm
P# M8, JNDA# 13-37, N# 214272

5 Sen (w/o block number)
ND (1940)
Standard banknote
100 × 48 mm
P# M10, JNDA# 13-44, TBB# B5024, N# 214271

50 Sen (w/o block number)
ND (1939)
Standard banknote
120 × 58 mm
P# M14, JNDA# 13-34, N# 214740

1 Yen (Japan Military Currency)
ND (1938)
Standard banknote
145 × 85 mm
P# M22, N# 362935

1 Yen (Japan Military Currency)
ND (1938)
Standard banknote
145 × 85 mm
P# M23, N# 214756

1 Yen (Japanese Military)
ND (1940)
Standard banknote
130 × 65 mm
P# M15, N# 243852

5 Yen
ND (1938)
Standard banknote
133 × 76 mm
P# M24, N# 245466

5 Yen (Heigo overprint)
ND (1938-1944)
Standard banknote
132 × 76 mm
P# M25, JNDA# 13-29, N# 206104

5 Yen (Japanese Military Occupation)
ND (1940)
Standard banknote
150 × 72 mm
P# M17, N# 216477

5 Yen
ND (1940)
Standard banknote
145 × 72 mm
P# M18, N# 242151

10 Yen
ND (1938)
Standard banknote: 1938 ND Issues
140 × 80 mm
P# M26, N# 291910

10 Yen
ND (1938)
Standard banknote
142 × 82 mm
P# M27, N# 203957

10 Sen (Japanese Military Occupation)
ND (1939)
Standard banknote
104 × 50 mm
P# M11, N# 239869

10 Yen
ND (1939)
Standard banknote
158 × 76 mm
P# M20, N# 242724

10 Yen (Japanese Military Occupation)
ND (1940)
Standard banknote
160 × 77 mm
P# M19, N# 216474

50 Sen (Japan Military Currency)
ND (1940)
Standard banknote
119 × 57 mm
P# M13, N# 239972

100 Yen
ND (1945)
Standard banknote
170 × 82 mm
P# M21, N# 245456

100 Yen (Japan Military Currency)
ND (1945)
Local banknote
163 × 94 mm
P# M28, N# 214762

100 Yen (Japan Military Currency)
ND (1945)
Standard banknote
163 × 94 mm
P# M29, N# 214765

100 Yen (Japan Military Currency)
ND (1945)
Standard banknote
163 × 94 mm
P# M30, N# 214767

China › China, Japanese puppet states in › China, Reformed Government of the Republic of • Yuan

½ Fen
27 (1938)
Standard banknote
97 × 53 mm
P# J45, N# 353789

1 Fen (Federal Reserve Bank of China)
27 (1938)
Standard banknote
97 × 53 mm
P# J46, N# 214295

1 Cent (Central Reserve Bank of China)
29 (1940)
Standard banknote
74 × 42 mm
P# J1, N# 238298

5 Fen (Federal Reserve Bank of China)
27-28 (1938-1939)
Standard banknote
95 × 53 mm
P# J47, N# 224631

5 Cents (Central Reserve Bank of China)
29 (1940)
Standard banknote
83 × 49 mm
P# J2, N# 259334

1 Chiao / 10 Fen (Federal Reserve Bank of China)
27-29 (1938-1940)
Standard banknote
100 × 56 mm
P# J48, N# 224638

20 Fen (Federal Reserve Bank of China)
27 (1938)
Standard banknote

P# J49, N# 241730

20 Cents (Central Reserve Bank of China)
1940
Standard banknote
112 × 57 mm
P# J4, N# 254335

50 Fen (Federal Reserve Bank of China)
ND (1938)
Standard banknote
110 × 60 mm
P# J50, N# 331067

5 Jiao / 50 Cents
27 (1938)
Standard banknote

P# J53, N# 222993

50 Cents (Central Reserve Bank of China)
1940
Standard banknote
123 × 65 mm
P# J5, N# 259335

50 Cents (Central Reserve Bank of China)
1940
Standard banknote
123 × 65 mm
P# J6, N# 259336

50 Cents (Central Reserve Bank of China)
1940
Standard banknote
123 × 65 mm
P# J7, N# 259337

50 Cents (Central Reserve Bank of China)
ND (1940)
Standard banknote
124 × 66 mm
P# J18, N# 241812

1 Yuan (Federal Reserve Bank of China)
27 (1938)
Standard banknote: 1938 (1939) Issue
146 × 72 mm
P# J61, N# 242692

1 Chiao (Central Reserve Bank of China)
1940
Standard banknote
108 × 53 mm
P# J3, N# 224025

1 Yuan (Central Reserve Bank of China)
29 (1940)
Standard banknote
146 × 78 mm
P# J8, N# 224767

1 Yuan (Central Reserve Bank of China)
29 (1940)
Standard banknote
146 × 78 mm
P# J9, N# 224023

1 Yuan (Federal Reserve Bank of China)
ND (1941)
Standard banknote
149 × 70 mm
P# J72, N# 215518

5 Yuan (Central Reserve Bank of China)
29 (1940)
Standard banknote
158 × 80 mm
P# J10, N# 214392

5 Yuan (Federal Reserve Bank of China)
ND (1941)
Standard banknote
150 × 73 mm
P# J73, N# 287642

5 Yuan
ND (1944)
Standard banknote
137 × 69 mm
P# J79, N# 343392

10 Yuan (Central Reserve Bank of China)
29 (1940)
Standard banknote
163 × 81 mm
P# J12, N# 204393

10 Yuan
ND (1941)
Standard banknote
161 × 83 mm
P# J74, N# 252711

10 Yuan (The Federal Reserve Bank of China)
ND (1943)
Standard banknote
159 × 86 mm
P# J76, N# 242243