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JAIPUR

A state Rajasthan, India, now using Indian stamps.

Currency :
• 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.

JAMAICA

An island in the West Indies and part of the Caribbean Federation from 3 January 1958 to 6 August 1962.
Became an independent state within the British Commonwealth.

Currency :
• 1860 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound sterling.
• 1969 100 cents = 1 dollar.

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

A state in the North of India, now using Indian stamps.

Currency :
• 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.

JAPAN

An island empire in East Asia.

Currency :
• 1871 100 mon = 1 sen.
• 1872 10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen.

JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF BRUNEI

Included Brunei, Labuan, North Borneo, Sarawaki.

Currency :
• 100 cents = 1 dollar.

JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF BURMA

Currency :
• 1942 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.
• 100 cents = 1 rupee.

JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF CHINA

Currency :
• 100 cents = 1 dollar.

JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF NETHERLANDS INDIES

Currency :
• 100 sen (cents) = 1 rupee (gulden).

JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF PHILIPPINES

Currency :
• 100 centavos or Sentimos = 1 peso.

JAPANESE POST OFFICES IN CHINA

Currency :
• 10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen.

JAPANESE POST OFFICES IN KOREA

Currency :
• 10 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen.

"JASDAN"

A State of India, now using Indian stamps.

Currency :
• 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.

JERSEY

An island off the Northwest coast of France.
Occupied by German forces from June 1940 to May 1945.
1941 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound sterling.
1971 100 new pence = 1 pound sterling.

JHALAWAR

A state of Rajasthan, India, now using Indian stamps.

Currency :
• 4 paisa = 1 anna.

JIND

A state of the Punjah, India, now using Indian stamps.

Currency :
• 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee.

JOHORE

A state in the Federation of Malaya.
Incorporated into Malaysia in 1963.

Currency :
• 100 cents = 1 Malaysian dollar.

JORDAN

A territory to the East of Israel formerly called Transjordan.
Under British control from 1918 to 1946 when it became independent.

Currency :
• 1920 1000 millemes = 100 piastres; 100 piastres = 1 pound (British).
• 1927 1000 millemes = 100 piastres; 100 piastres = 1 pound (Egyptian).
• 1950 1000 fils = 1 Jordan dinar.

JORDANIAN OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE

Stamps of Jordan.

Currency :
• 1927 1000 millemes = 100 piastres; 100 piastres = 1 pound (Egyptian).
• 1950 1000 fils = 1 Jordan dinar.

JUBALAND

An area in East Africa.
Formerly part of Kenya. Passed by Britain to Ital in 1925.
Became part of Italian Somaliland.

Currency :
• 100 centesimi = 1 lira.

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