- Vijf Gulden
The Japanese army arrived with paper money, thoughtfully printed well in advance. (Printed in 1941) Metal was scarce so it was all paper money. In those days a Netherlands Indies half cent coin was probably still in circulation, while the largest denomination of metal coinage was probably the 2 1/2 guilder piece. In between the usual variety of copper and silver coins that you see here. These prewar Dutch currencies remained in circulation until the very end, but throughout the war the Japanese sought to replace them with their own paper money.
- Tien Cent
You can imagine that a one cent bill would very quickly become a tattered rag. Notice the very low serial numbers, and the absence of any indication of a signature from, say, a senior officer of the government. As the war progressed and the Japanese clearly began to lose important positions, the paper money also became less and less acceptable. In the end we were reduced to a barter economy unless you still had prewar Dutch coin or paper money.
- Een Cent
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