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Japanese government-issued Philippine peso
  • 1942 series
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 one-centavo banknote
    1 centavo
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 five-centavo banknote
    5 centavos
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 ten-centavo banknote
    10 centavos
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 fifty-centavo banknote
    50 centavos
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 one-peso banknote
    1 peso
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 five-peso banknote
    5 pesos
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 ten-peso banknote
    10 pesos
  • 1943–1945 series
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 one-peso banknote
    1 peso
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 five-peso banknote
    5 pesos
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1942 ten-peso banknote
    10 pesos
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1944 one-hundred-peso banknote
    100 pesos
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1944 five-hundred-peso banknote
    500 pesos
  • Obverse and reverse of a 1945 one-thousand-peso banknote
    1000 pesos

The Japanese government-issued Philippine peso was a fiat currency issued in the Philippines during World War II, by the occupying Japanese government. One of several examples of Japanese invasion money, the currency was issued in several denominations and was known by some Filipinos by the derogatory term "Mickey Mouse money". The effect of wartime hyperinflation towards the end of the war can be seen in the rapid increase of denomination values that were put into circulation. These thirteen banknotes were issued in ten denominations from one centavo to one thousand pesos by the Japanese government and are now part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.Banknote design credit: Empire of Japan

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