Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Japanese invasion money (Oceania)

Japanese invasion money (Oceania)[edit]

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Reason: High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set). Japanese invasion money (formally Southern Development Bank notes) was issued during World War II by the Empire of Japan to replace local hard currencies. Japanese invading forces issued these notes in Burma, Malaya and Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, Oceania, and the Philippines. This is the third FPC set nomination of Japanese invasion money, following the Netherlands Indies Gulden and the Philippine Peso.
Original: A four-note complete denomination and type set of World War II Japanese government-issued Oceanian Pound (1942).
Articles in which these images appear: Japanese government-issued Oceanian Pound
FP category for this image: Currency
Creator: Empire of Japan
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.

Japanese invasion money (Oceania) 1942

Half Shilling
One Shilling

Ten Shillings
One Pound

Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 23:32, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I swear Godot, you can scan just about anything. I wonder if any of these were actually issued... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:13, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- These were the best examples in a small group. Some had definitely been circulated.--Godot13 (talk) 06:12, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support, very interesting. J Milburn (talk) 13:19, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - - The Herald (here I am) 13:25, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Historical EV. Never before seen currency headed "The Such-and-Such Government." Sca (talk) 15:37, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - High EV. Great find! APK whisper in my ear 23:52, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Replete with quality and steeped with history and encyclopedia. I unmistakably prognosticate those notes are going to be featured pictures. Alborzagros (talk) 08:13, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:OCE-1a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-Half Shilling ND (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:OCE-2a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Shilling ND (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:OCE-3a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-10 Shillings ND (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:OCE-4a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Pound ND (1942).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]