Product Description

After World War II, the demand for paper money exploded as inflation rose.
This resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of shipments of new banknotes from the Bank of Japan's head office to branches across the country.
However, at the time, ordinary boxcars were used to transport cash by rail, which not only posed security issues, but also forced bank employees and security police officers to ride in boxcars that were not designed to carry people.
To address this situation, the Bank of Japan planned the Mani 34 baggage car for transporting cash.

Six of these baggage cars were completed in 1949 (Showa 24), and their exteriors were made to resemble ordinary baggage cars so as not to draw attention for security reasons.However, the windows of the baggage compartment where cash was carried could be covered with iron plates to withstand the unlikely event of an attack, and there was a security room in the center to house bank employees and police officers.

This book explains the Mani 34 type (later the Mani 30 type) from its birth to its modifications, the replacement with the second batch, and its demise, with numerous valuable photographs, including those from the time of its production.
Furthermore, through interviews with people related to the Bank of Japan, the true nature of the "cash transport baggage vans," which had previously been completely unknown, is revealed in detail.


Item Size/Weight : 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 cm / 170g

Product Specifications

Item series

RM Library

Item code

054022

ISBN code

9784777054022

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