Live auction - 553798 - 10 Dollars Faux MALAYA 1944 P.(M07)

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553798

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Face Value : 10 Dollars Faux

Date: (1944)

Period/Provinces/Banks The Japanese Government

Catalogue reference : P.(M07)

Alphabet - series : MK

Commentary

Faux : Pas de fumée sortant de la cheminée du bateau au verso. "OSS Counterfeit" : L'Office of Strategic Services (OSS) américain a imprimé 50 000 faux billets de 10 dollars portant la lettre MK à la demande du lieutenant-colonel Carl Eifler, commandant de la Task Force 5405-A (OSS Detachment 101). Eifler a également demandé des faux billets birmans, tous deux sous le nom de code « Grenville ». (Source: https://www.psywarrior.com/WWIIAlliedBanknotes.html)
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Fake: No smoke coming from the ship's funnel on the reverse. \\\"OSS Counterfeit\\\": The U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) printed 50,000 counterfeit $10 bills bearing the letter MK at the request of Lieutenant Colonel Carl Eifler, commander of Task Force 5405-A (OSS Detachment 101). Eifler also requested counterfeit Burmese banknotes, both under the code name \\\"Grenville.\\\" (Source: https://www.psywarrior.com/WWIIAlliedBanknotes.html)