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1 Peso
| Issuer | Leyte Provincial Board / Leyte Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Currency | Peso (1943-1945) |
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| Obverse lettering | THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES WILL PAY THE BEARER ONE PESO UPON TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY ONE PESO |
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| Reverse lettering | ISSUED BY LEYTE PROVINCIAL GUARD BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES ONE PESO ENRIQUE POTENTE PROV. AUDITOR PROCESO KADAVERO PROV. TREASURER FILEMON SAAVEDRA PROV. FISCAL LEYTE EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD |
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Leyte was one of several Philippine provinces that organized its own emergency currency after the Japanese occupation disrupted the established monetary system. The Provincial Board issues of 1943 were locally authorized, locally printed, and in most cases locally signed — the three signatures here reflect the layered civilian administrative structure that persisted under occupation, with provincial officials attempting to maintain functional commerce in the absence of reliable central-bank supply.
Guerrilla and emergency Philippine notes from this period vary wildly in paper quality and printing precision, and Leyte issues are no exception. The S413 is among the more frequently encountered of the Leyte types, though fully signed examples with all three autographs intact are notably harder to source than partially signed ones.