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1 Peso
| Issuer | Free Samar Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | FREE SAMAR Series of 1943 The AUSA - Free Samar Will Pay The Bearer On Demand ONE PESO In Lawful Currency of the Philippines Free Samar Currency Committee ONE 1 PHILIPPINES |
| Reverse description | Printed in black by letterpress on plain paper, the reverse is enclosed within a simple dashed-rule border with denomination numerals '1.00' repeated at all four corners. The central text reads 'ONE / TREASURY EMERGENCY CURRENCY CERTIFICATE / PESO' in typewritten-style capitals, arranged in three lines across the face. Blue ink stamp impressions appear across the lower central area, likely applied as an authenticating control mark. |
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The Free Samar Currency Committee was one of several provincial guerrilla governments operating in the Philippine Islands during the Japanese occupation, issuing their own emergency notes to maintain local commerce after Japanese Military Administration currency flooded the archipelago. Samar's issues are among the less-documented of the Philippine guerrilla series — the committee's organizational structure and printing arrangements remain only partially reconstructed from surviving records.
Wartime paper stock used for these notes was often improvised, and condition problems tied to humidity and rough storage are endemic to the series.