Paper money

Museum number:
10-3400
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21100003400
Alternate number:
Q-12 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4482
Description:
Currency, paper; Five peso, with "The Japanese Government" on front; Serial number 0897053; length 16.0 cm; height 6.8 cm.
Donor:
Burton Benedict and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Philippine Islands
Culture or time period:
Filipino
Collector:
Burton Benedict
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paper money
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Context of use:
Currency from period of Japanese conquest in World War II; this note made to resemble pre-conquest currency, itself modeled on U.S. currency.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Note that catalog card has incorrect number: 10-3500 instead of 10-3400.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paper money, accession number 10-3400, described as Currency, paper; Five peso, with "The Japanese Government" on front; Serial number 0897053; length 16.0 cm; height 6.8 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paper money, accession number 10-3400, described as Currency, paper; Five peso, with "The Japanese Government" on front; Serial number 0897053; length 16.0 cm; height 6.8 cm.

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