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1 Peso
| Issuer | Municipality of Dolores (Province of Eastern Samar) |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Entirely letterpress-printed in black ink on plain paper with a border of repeating peso sign (₱) characters forming a decorative frame. The text body contains the issuing authority, authorization reference, and redemption pledge, centered on the note, with the large numeral '1.00' serving as an overprinted denomination device at right center. The denomination 'ONE PESO' appears in bold uppercase below the main text block, with three signature lines at the foot identifying the Municipal Mayor, Sub-sector Commander, and Municipal Treasurer; serial numbers are hand-stamped in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES Serial No. Series of 1943 Municipality of DOLORES, Samar By Authority of the Municipal Council as per Resolution No. 1, J. 1943 -oOo- This certifies that the Municipal Government of DOLORES, Samar, will redeem this certificate of deposit at face value to the bearer on demand in lawful Philippine Currency. ONE PESO ₱1.00 Mun. Mayor Sub-sector Comdr. Mun. Treasurer |
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Municipal emergency notes from the Japanese occupation of the Philippines are among the most historically dense items in Philippine paper money. When Japanese Military Administration currency flooded the islands after 1942, many interior municipalities — cut off from any central banking function — issued their own scrip to keep local commerce moving. Dolores, a small municipality in Eastern Samar, was one of dozens that did so under these conditions.
Provincial and municipal issues from Samar are considerably scarcer than those from Luzon, largely because guerrilla activity on the island was intense and prolonged, disrupting both recordkeeping and survival of materials.