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Week # 250 - Good Luck!

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Danielle C.

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QUESTION:

 

Name 3 countries other than The Philippines that had issued occupational currency from Japan during World War II.

 

 

Good Luck!

 

Our first place winner will receive a coupon for 1 Standard grading. There will also be a runner up prize given to a randomly selected player.

 

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details.

 

When you post your answer, only the administrators an see it . Stop back this Monday. We will make all the posts visible and announce the winners.

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1.) British Islands in the Pacific and adjacent seas - (New Guinea)

 

2.) Netherlands East Indies - (The current Indonesia)

 

3.) Malaya, Singapore and Straits colonies- (The current Malaysia)

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WWII ERA JAPANESE OCCUPATION COIN OF INNER MONGOLIA Meng Chiang Bank 5 Chiao 1938

During the 1930's Japan conquered much of Northern China. In each area they would establish puppet states or puppet banks to issue currency for their newly conquered land. The Meng Chiang (Mongolian Borderlands) Bank was established for the area known as Inner Mongolia. It was located between Mongolia and Manchukuo. The Meng Chiang bank issued only one coin, a copper-nickel 5 Chiao coin dated Year 27 in the Chinese Republic Calendar (1938AD). One side of the coin features a pair of stylized dragons and the denomination. The other side has a floral design.

Item L-MC521 MENG CHIANG BANK 5 CHIAO 1938 (KM521) VF-XF $8.50

 

 

SCARCE FIBER COIN FROM WWII JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF CHINA

Manchukuo 5 Fen 1945, fiber coin

As World War II spread, French Indo-China (now Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos) became increasingly isolated and people started to hoard coins, creating severe coin shortages. Because copper was needed for the war effort, the Paris mint replaced the bronze 1 Cent with a zinc 1 cent in 1940. The new coin featured a Phrygian cap. After France fell to the Germans in June 1940, the French Indo-China government re-struck the zinc 1 Centime at an engineering college (Ecole Pratique) in Hanoi using the same design. The Hanoi restrikes are dated 1940 and 1941. Because they did not have proper minting or refining equipment,French Indo China 10 and 20 Centimes, 1941-S the coins tend to be weakly or crudely struck. The United States had not yet entered the war, so the San Francisco Mint was contracted to produce copper-nickel 10 and 20 Centimes. The coins bear the S mintmark and are dated 1941 The symbolic bust of France is on the front and a sheaf of grain is on the back. All of the coins bear the legend "Republique Francaise". Hanoi fell to the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Production of the zinc 1 Centime stopped as it bore the legend of the French Republic rather than the Axis supported Vichy government. The Japanese soon French Indo-China 1/4 Cent 1942 Vichy Governmentbegan to withdraw and melt the Annamese copper and brass cash coins, which had been in circulation as they needed the copper for their war effort. The cash coins were valued 1/5 to 1/6 of a cent and were widely used for small transactions. To replace them the Osaka mint in Japan began to strike a zinc 1/4 cent coin for French Indo-China in 1942. The coins bore the Vichy Government legend of "Etat Francais" rather than the French Republic legend. The Japanese war effort began to go badly and few shipments of the coins could be made. French Indo China aluminum 1 and 5 Centimes 1943Coin shortages got worse, so in 1943 the local government in Hanoi authorized the Ecole Pratique in Hanoi to strike aluminum 1 and 5 Centime coins. These coins also bear the Vichy "Etat Francais" legend.

 

So how about Mongolia -french indo china=Vietnam Cambodia Laos and China for coins and currency . For just currency Dutch East Indies =Indonesia New Guines and Korea

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QUESTION:

 

Name 3 countries other than The Philippines that had issued occupational currency from Japan during World War II.

 

 

ANSWER:

 

China, Malaya, Oceania, Burma, French Indo-China

 

 

Congratulations to our lst place winner bsshog40, you will receive a Coupon for one Standard submission. Congratulations to our runner up winner mhardin2413, you will be receiving a bank bag and sample note.

 

Thanks for playing this weeks Numisma-Quest. Don't forget to stop by for this weeks PMG question.

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