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roamer65

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7. It wasn't so much a fear of counterfeiting.
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:30 PM
Dec 2014

The notes were embossed with "HAWAII" so they could be declared invalid if Japan invaded and they fell into their hands. They also had a reddish brown treasury seal, instead of the normal blue, red or green ones. We also issued notes with yellow treasury seals in 1942 for the North Africa invasion so those could be invalidated if they fell into German hands.

The sorta neat thing I have is a 20 Yen Japanese war bond. Guess that investment didn't pan out so well for the purchaser.

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