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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Province of Palawan, Brooke's Point |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Emergency guerrilla issue printed on coarse grey paper, with the serial number 'No. 959' appearing at upper left and right. The central text reads 'CIRCULATING PAPER BILL' at the top, followed by the date 'May 10, 1944' and the authorization reference 'Authorized Letter P.T. May 9, 1944'; the word 'PESOS' flanks a central 'X' at mid-field. Below, the obligation clause 'THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN PESOS' is typeset in plain letterpress, with three manuscript signatures and their printed titles at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain coarse grey paper reverse with large typeset denomination numerals and Roman numeral 'X' characters arranged across the field, printed in dark blue ink. A manuscript signature of E. A. Villapa is inscribed centrally, accompanied by the handwritten title 'Municipal District Treasurer' and a circular official handstamp reading 'BROOKE'S POINT' with the word 'RECEIVED' at the base. |
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The Philippine provincial guerrilla currency issued during the Japanese occupation is among the most historically charged paper money to come out of the Pacific War. Palawan's notes were produced under severe material constraints — the island's remoteness from Luzon meant supply lines for proper printing stock were effectively nonexistent, and emergency issues were often printed on whatever paper could be sourced locally.
Brooke's Point, in the island's far south, was a guerrilla resistance stronghold. The three-signature arrangement — Rodriguez, Villapa, and Apostol — reflects the layered civilian-military administrative structure the resistance maintained to preserve a semblance of legitimate governance under Commonwealth authority.
Palawan guerrilla notes were redeemed by the U.S. Army after liberation, but surviving examples are disproportionately scarce given the small populations involved in their issue and use.