JAPANESE MILITARY CERTIFICATES

The item; Japanese Currency and Invasion Money, in your last E-Sylum, was of interest to me because it includes at least one piece in the lot in the upcoming Holabird America sale that was issued in Burma during World War II. I am now working on the 1st edition of my Myanmar (Burma) Coins & Currency catalog and there is a chapter in it covering the issues of WWII.

Many, many years ago, ConradNiel Nielsen asked me to visit his home south of Salt Lake City, Utah and I flew out to see him. Most of the time with Niel was him encouraging me to write a Burma catalog which includes the World War II issues. I agreed and Niel then gave me a stack of his relevant file folders. The files were extensive but Niel somehow missed giving me all of them. From that time to now, I have been accumulating more information and images about the timeframe in Burma's history until there was enough to start working on the catalog. The chapter in the catalog is dedicated to Niel and he is likely very happy on theother side as it was called during my time in the Army. He would also be very happy that I have many contributors assisting me.

One of the important contributors is Joseph E. Boling, who has vast knowledge about this area and especially about the Allied counterfeits. The other important person is Kazuya Fujita, who has sent official information to me from the Japanese Archives. One of the pieces of information from him has the Japanese Invasion Money (JIM), as we have been calling it, being officially named Japanese Military Certificates or JMC. I am not sure many numismatists will change over from JIM to JMC but I am sure many advanced collectors and some dealers will be interested in knowing their official name.

The earliest issued JMC specimen 1/4 Rupee note is very rare and courtesy of Heritage Auctions. The D-S204a is my catalog number for it. If any of your readers who own a Pick-Unlisted Burma JMC which might not be known to me, please contact me at HADANIEL3@MSN.COM.

To read the complete article, see:
NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: JULY 18, 2021 : Japanese Currency and Invasion Money (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n29a25.html)

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