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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Province of Palawan |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos |
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| Obverse lettering | CIRCULATING PAPER BILL / No. 959 No. 959 / May 10, 1944 / Authorized Letter P.T. May 9, 1944 / PESOS 1 PESOS / THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND / TEN PESOS / In lawful currency of the Philippines / M. RODRIGUEZ J. of The Peace / E. A. VILLAPA Mun. Dist. Treas. / PAULINO APOSTAL Member |
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| Reverse lettering | ₱10 / X X / X X / E. A. Villapa / Municipal District Treasurer |
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Palawan's wartime emergency currency was produced under Japanese occupation conditions, when provincial and municipal governments across the Philippines were forced — or in some cases chose — to issue their own scrip to keep local economies functioning after the collapse of normal banking. The Province of Palawan sits geographically isolated at the far southwestern end of the archipelago, and that distance from Manila made independent monetary improvisation both more necessary and more feasible.
Three signatures on a single note is unusual for Philippine guerrilla-era provincial issues, suggesting a deliberately layered authorization structure — likely the provincial treasurer, governor, and an auditor or board member acting in concert to lend legitimacy to paper that had no backing institution behind it.