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Japanese Occupation of China banknotes
Japanese Occupation of China paper money catalog and Chinese currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Yuan = Dollar = 10 Chiao = 100 Cents = 100 Fen =100 Hsien

• For earlier issues see:
  • China
  • Foreign Banks in China
  • Chinese Provincial Banks
• For later issues see:
  • China Peoples Republic
  • Taiwan

• To purchase Japanese Occupation of China banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		Central Reserve Bank of China (Nanking Government)
J1-J12	1940	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 50, 50 cents, 1, 1, 5, 5, 10 Yuan
J14-J15	1942	100, 500 Yuan
J16-J28	1943	10, 20, 50 cents, 1, 10, 100, 100, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500 Yuan
J29-J39	1940	100, 200, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 10.000, 10.000, 10.000, 10.000 Yuan
J40-J44	1945	5.000, 5.000, 5.000, 100.000, 100.000 Yuan
		Federal Reserve Bank of China (Peking Government)
J45-J50	1938	1/2, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 fen
J51-J58	1938	10, 20, 50 cents, 1, 5, 10, 100 dollars
J59	1938	100 Yuan (1944)
J61-J64	1938	1, 5, 10, 100 Yuan
J72-J75	(1941)	1, 5, 10, 100 Yuan
J76-J78	(1943)	10, 100, 500 Yuan
J68-J69, J79-J84	(1944)	50 cents, 1, 5, 10, 10, 10, 100, 500, 500 Yuan
J85-J92	(1945)	1, 10, 50, 100, 100, 500, 500, 1.000, 5.000 Yuan
		-Hua-Hsing Commercial Bank
J93-J100	1938	10, 20 cents, 1, 5, 5, 10, 10 Yuan
		Mengchiang Bank (Inner Mongolia)
J101-	(1938-40)	5, 10, 50 cents, 1, 5, 10, 100 Yuan
J102-	(1944-5)	50 cents, 1, 5, 10, 10, 100, 100 Yuan
		Chi Tung Bank
J113-9	(1937)	50 fen, 1, 5, 10, 100 Yuan
		Chanan Bank (Inner Mongolia)
J118-19	(1937)	1, 10 Yuan

Pick #	Date
J120-22	1932	1, 5, 10 Yuan
J124-28	(1932)	50 fen, 1, 5, 10, 100 Yuan
J129-33	(1935-38)	50 fen, 1, 5, 10, 100 Yuan
J134-J146	(1941-45)	10, 50, 50 fen, 1, 5, 10, 100, 100, 1.000 Yuan

JAPANESE MILITARY

Pick #	Date
M1-M5	12(1937)	10, 50 Sen, 1, 5, 10 yen
M22-7	(1938)	1, 1, 5, 5, 10, 10 yen
M8,10,12 14,16,18	(1939)	1, 5, 10, 50 Sen, 1, 5, 10 yen
M7,9,11,13 15,17,19	(1940)	1, 5, 10, 50 Sen, 1, 5, 10, 100 yen
M28-33	(1945)	100, 100, 100 yen; Hong Kong issue

RUSSIAN MILITARY (for occupied Manchukuo -Manchuria)

Pick #	Date
M31-34	1945	1, 5, 10, 100 Yuan
M35-36	(1946)	10, 100 Yuan

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Banknotes are attributed to last Pick's catalogue:
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 2: General Issues 1368-1960
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 3: Modern Issues 1961-
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 1: Specialized Issues