February 19th Oshawa Coin A Rama finds, part 3:
This group of notes was interesting because of the written messages or autographs.
The 1937 $1 is dated Jan 11 1947 and it is signed by
Sam Feigen
Steve Swotal and
Jane Maiod?
The Japanese fractional notes were particularly interesting:
The first note is signed on the back:
Yogasuka (sic), Japan 9/11/45
50- Sin (sic)
One thing is for sure…This soldier couldn’t spell and it shows the tendency of Western military personnel to corrupt the spelling and pronunciation of foreign place names because the actual place is called Yokosuka which is the site of a large US naval base.
The second note is a “sweetheart note”, possibly written by an Allied soldier to a Japanese girlfriend?
It reads: “I love you, Sweetheart” on the back and
“Love Charlie” on the front.
Enjoy!
Dean