The majority of these are photos of examples in the US Army Finance Corps Museum. You can see the word "SPECIMEN" punched into some of them . Also intermingled are the very few I have picked up recently. These can be identified because they have a scan of the reverse as well.
These pictures are of examples in the U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum. (I apologize for my poor quality pictures. If you have better examples and would allow me to display them I would gladly do so)
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Remarkably, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) still has orders records that document the number of specimen booklets produced for Area A and Area B Allied Military Yen. From the amounts on the production order forms it appears that a total of 181 booklets of Area A notes and 218 booklets of Area B notes were produced. In addition to the War, Navy, and Treasury Departments, the FBI, as well as Stecher-Traung Lithographic Corporation (who printed the notes), the State of California Bureau of Printing (who did the number, finishing, and delivery of the notes to the War and Navy Departments), and Carew Manufacturing Company (a paper supplier) were listed on the forms as recipients of the booklets. The number of books for each area, the order number and date, and the ultimate recipient is summarized in the table below.
ReplyDeleteInstructions for each order were essentially the same; each booklet was to contain one note of each denomination of Area A (or B) (10 sen, 50 sen, 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 20, yen, 100 yen). Each note was to be perforated with the word “SPECIMEN” in lower border. Notes were to be bound in a Manila cover. The title for the booklet cover was to read either “Specimens of Military Yen Currency, Area A” or “Specimens of Military Yen Currency, Area B.”
Unfortunately, the are no examples of these booklets on file with the BEP.
Specimen Booklet Orders for Allied Military Yen Areas A and B
Area No. of Books Order No. Order Date Recipient
A 12 4232 12/12/44 Mr. H. D. White, Assistant to the Secretary, Treasury Department
A 36 4362 12/19/44 Commander Theodore B. Nickson, SC, USNR, Accounting Group, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department
A 6 5328 02/07/45 2 books – Mr. George H. Moore, State Printer, Sacramento, CA
2 books – Mr. H. T. Gardner, Vice President, Stecher-Traung Lithographic Corporation, San Francisco, CA
1 book – Lt. H. R. Cowles, USNR, Laboratory Officer, U.S. Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA
1 book – Capt. A. R. Kline, SC, USN, Commandant, Naval Supply Depot, Oakland, CA
A 1 2710 09/21/45 Mr. G. C. Sauter, Stecher-Traung Lithographic Corporation, Baltimore Office
A 103 2815 10/02/45 Major General A. H. Carter, G.S.C., Fiscal Director, War Department
A 5 3032 10/10/45 Commander Theodore B. Nickson, SC, USNR, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department
A 12 3862 11/15/45 Hon. D. W. Bell, Under Secretary of the Treasury
A 2 5285 01/15/46 E. F. Bartlett, Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department
A 1 5431 01/23/46 E. F. Bartlett, Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department
A 1 5763 02/13/46 E. F. Bartlett, Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department
A 2 269 07/19/46 Office of the Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department
B 12 4232 12/12/44 Mr. H. D. White, Assistant to the Secretary, Treasury Department
B 36 4362 12/19/44 Commander Theodore B. Nickson, SC, USNR, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department
B 4 5320 02/07/45 2 books – Mr. George H. Moore, State Printer, Sacramento, CA
2 books – Mr. H. T. Gardner, Vice President, Stecher-Traung Lithographic Corporation, San Francisco, CA
B 5 7585 04/11/45 Major General A. H. Carter, G.S.C., Fiscal Director, War Department
B 1 7660 4/19/45 Frank F. Dietrich, Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary, Treasury Department
B 1 7760 04/23/45 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC
B 100 1035 08/03/45 Frank Coe, Director, Division of Monetary Research, Treasury Department
B 25 2134 08/11/45 Lt. Gordon Williams, Military Government Section, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department
B 1 2710 09/21/45 Mr. G. C. Sauter, Stecher-Traung Lithographic Corporation, Baltimore Office
B 250 2815 10/02/45 Major General A. H. Carter, G.S.C., Fiscal Director, War Department
B 5 3032 10/10/45 Commander Theodore B. Nickson, SC, USNR, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department
B 1 7450 06/11/46 Carew Manufacturing Company, South Hadley Falls, MA
B 2 270 07/19/46 Office of the Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department
Thank you,
BEP
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