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Japan US Occupation World War II - Kume-jima 50 Sen ND (1945) Schwan-Boling 902
A chit printed by the hectograph method and having the facsimile signature of Economics Officer Wm. C. Lassiter. The small island of Kume-jima is in the western part of the Ryukyus, and United States personnel landed there on June 26, 1945. A need to pay local workers quickly developed, and scrip was the answer. Much more detail on this issue can be found on pages 312-13 of World War II Remembered by C. Frederick Schwan and Joseph E. Boling. This SB 902 grades PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ. We auctioned the Ruth Hill PCGS 40PPQ example for $2350 at Long Beach in September 2014. Ms. Hill's records stated her note was one of 13 known copies. We are surprised to see another example a little over a year later, and we expect this nicer piece to hammer for even more tonight.
A chit printed by the hectograph method and having the facsimile signature of Economics Officer Wm. C. Lassiter. The small island of Kume-jima is in the western part of the Ryukyus, and United States personnel landed there on June 26, 1945. A need to pay local workers quickly developed, and scrip was the answer. Much more detail on this issue can be found on pages 312-13 of World War II Remembered by C. Frederick Schwan and Joseph E. Boling. This SB 902 grades PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ. We auctioned the Ruth Hill PCGS 40PPQ example for $2350 at Long Beach in September 2014. Ms. Hill's records stated her note was one of 13 known copies. We are surprised to see another example a little over a year later, and we expect this nicer piece to hammer for even more tonight.