Set Category: World

Set Name: Allied Military Currency Japan Area (Zone) "A"

Set Theme: America's experimental Military Payment Certificates were the Area (Zone)"A" Suppplemental U.S. Allied Military Currency (AMC) issued in Japan July 19, 1946 and withdrawn September 30, 1946. All notes are identified by Series 100 and large "A" underprint along with the denomination counter and serial number on their face. This collection includes SPECIMEN notes.

Set Description: The sheets of "A" notes were printed by Stecher-Traung of San Francisco in 1945 were cut, numbered and wrapped by the California State Printing Office in Sacramento, CA. They were in use for only a short period in Japan (and also earlier in Korea) by US Forces. These notes were used in the same manner that would be utilized for the all later issues of Military Payment Certificates (MPC), meaning for use by military and authorized forces, but NOT the local population.

The number of notes printed are referenced from the Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates, 4th edition (2002), by Fred Schwan and differ significantly from numbers listed in 1995 work, World War II Remembered, by Fred Schwan and Joseph Bolling.

Owner:     greysoldier


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Signature Set Details:
Slot NameSlot CommentCertification #Note InfoGraded ByCountry
10 SenSN: A15287826A
Pick 62
Schwan/Boling 251
A-A block

Printing of 7,616,000.		 8005037-008 Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII 10 Sen PMGJapan
50 SenSN: A17492621A
Pick 64
Schwan/Boling 252
A-A block

Printing of 8,064,000.		 8004230-001 Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII 50 Sen PMGJapan
1 YenSN: A19777858A
Pick 66
Schwan/Boling 253
A-A block

Printing of 4,704,000.		 8004982-001 Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII 1 Yen PMGJapan
1 Yen ReplacementSN: H00175250A
Pick 66*
Schwan/Boling 253r
H-A block

Printing of 672,000.		 8003490-006 Japan Replacem 1 Yen PMGJapan
5 YenSN: A14756028A
Pick 68
Schwan/Boling 254
A-A block

Printing of 4,032,000.		 8004982-006 Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII 5 Yen PMGJapan
10 YenSN: A00115019A
Pick 70
Schwan/Boling 255
A-A block

Printing of 14,566,000.		 8004230-002 Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII 10 Yen PMGJapan
20 YenSN: A01632599A
Pick 72
Schwan/Boling 256
A-A block

Printing of 5,400,000.		 8004344-001 Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII 20 Yen PMGJapan
100 YenSN: A0192335A
Pick 74
Schwan/Boling 257
A-A block

Printing of 40,800,000.		 8004125-001 Japan / Allied Military Currency WWII 100 Yen PMGJapan
100 Yen SpecimenSN: H00133523A
Pick 74s
Schwan/Boling 257s
H-A block with preforated SPECIMEN		 8005521-001 Japan / AMC WWII ""SPEC 100 Yen PMGJapan
20 Yen SpecimenSN: H00028312A
Pick 72s
Schwan/Boling 256s
H-A block with
preforated SPECIMEN		 8006411-003 Japan / Allied Military Currency ""SPECIM 20 Yen - Replacement PMGJapan
10 Yen SpecimenSN: H00075006A
Pick 70s
Schwan/Boling 255s
H-A Block with Preforated SPECIMEN		 8006587-001 Japan / Allied Military Currency ""SPECIM 10 Yen PMGJapan
5 Yen SpecimenSN: H00184548A
Pick 68s
Schwan/Boling 254s
H-A Block with Preforated SPECIMEN		 8006587-002 Japan / Allied Military Currency ""SPECIM 5 Yen PMGJapan
1 Yen SpecimenSN: H00063505A
Pick 66s
Schwan/Boling 253s
H-A Block with Preforated SPECIMEN		 8006587-003 Japan / Allied Military Currency ""SPECIM 1 Yen PMGJapan
50 Sen YesSN: H00190906A
Pick 64s
Schwan/Boling 252s
H-A Block with Preforated SPECIMEN		 8006587-004 Japan / Allied Military Currency ""SPECIM 50 Sen PMGJapan
10 Sen YesSN: H00262205A
Pick 62s
Schwan/Boling 251s
H-A Block with Preforated SPECIMEN		 8006587-005 Japan / Allied Military Currency ""SPECIM 10 Sen PMGJapan

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