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■ [memo][currency] during occupation period 
The Global History of Currencies (GHOC)
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Myanmar
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When invading Burma during the Second World War, from about 31 January 1942, Japanese forces initially carried Japanese military dollars issued in Malaya. A decree of the Japanese military administration dated 1 May 1942 stated that Japanese military dollars would continue to be legal tender. By the same decree, the Japanese military rupee (BUG) became a decimal currency. By the regulation of 15 March 1943, the Burmese rupee continued to be legal tender, as a Japanese tactic to win local support, but the rupee was inconvertible into pound sterling. Limited amounts of (Burmese) Indian rupees were apparently accepted by the Japanese at 4 (Burmese) Indian rupees = 1 Japanese military rupee. The prewar exchange rate had been about 1.3 Japanese yen = 1 (Burmese) Indian rupee. On 1 May 1942, the Japanese military commander-in-chief in Burma declared that Japanese military dollars for Malaya and Singapore would also be allowed to circulate in Burma.
The Japanese also created the Burma State Bank on January 15, 1944 to issue banknotes. The Japanese divided the Rupee into 100 cents, whereas the British had divided the Rupee into 16 Annas as in India. The British demonetized Japanese occupation currency on 1 May 1945. The market exchange rate had fallen to 100 Southern Development Bank rupees = 1 Indian rupee.
