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1 Peso
| Issuer | Commonwealth of the Philippines / Free Samar Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Currency | Philippine Peso (1898-date) |
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| Obverse description | Crude letterpress-printed emergency note on plain paper, with the denomination '1.00' at upper left and right corners. The central text reads 'The AUSA - Free Samar - Will Pay The Pesos On Demand / ONE PESO / In Lawful Currency of The Philippines / Free Samar Currency Committee,' flanked by decorative border columns at left and right. Three manuscript signatures appear below the central legend, with printed titles identifying the signatories, and a 'PHILIPPINE' inscription at the bottom edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1.00 Serie of 1943 The AUSA - Free Samar - Will Pay The Pesos On Demand ONE PESO In Lawful Currency of The Philippines Free Samar Currency Committee PHILIPPINES |
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The Free Samar Currency Committee was one of several guerrilla fiscal authorities that issued emergency notes across the Philippine islands during the Japanese occupation. These committees operated under the broader sanction of the Commonwealth government-in-exile and the USAFFE command structure, issuing local scrip to keep resistance economies functioning and deny the Japanese Military Administration a currency monopoly in the provinces.
Samar issues are among the more elusive of the Philippine guerrilla series. The island's rugged interior and fragmented command structure made centralized printing difficult, and production runs were small. Many notes were deliberately destroyed before capture to prevent the occupiers from forging them in bulk.