Japanese government–issued dollar in Malaya and Borneo
| Unit | |
|---|---|
| Plural | dollars |
| Symbol | $ |
| Denominations | |
| Subunit | |
| 1⁄100 | cent |
| Plural | |
| cent | cents |
| Banknotes | 1, 5, 10, 50 cents. 1, 5, 10, 100, 1000 dollars. |
| Demographics | |
| Date of introduction | 1942 |
| Date of withdrawal | 1945 |
| User(s) | Federated Malay States Johor Straits Settlements North Borneo Kingdom of Sarawak Brunei |
| Issuance | |
| Central bank | Bank of Japan |
| Valuation | |
| Pegged with | Japanese Yen |
| This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. | |
The Japanese government-issued dollar was a form of currency issued for use within the Imperial Japan-occupied territories of Singapore, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei between 1942 and 1945. The currency was also referred to informally (and with contempt and derision) as banana money (Malay: duit pisang), named as such because of the motifs of banana trees on 10 dollar banknotes. The Japanese dollar was in widespread use within the occupied territories where the previous currency became scarce. The currency were referred to as "dollars" and "cents" like its predecessors, the Straits dollar, Malayan dollar, Sarawak dollar and British North Borneo dollar.
The Japanese dollar was one of several forms of Japanese invasion money issued throughout the newly expanded Empire of Japan. Similar currencies were issued in Burma (as the Japanese rupee), the Dutch East Indies (as the Japanese gulden/roepiah), the Philippines (as the Japanese peso) and various Melanesian and Polynesian territories (as the Japanese pound).