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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Municipality of Cuyo |
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| Year | 1943-1944 |
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| Value | 2 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Mimeographed emergency local currency note with typewritten text certifying deposit in the Treasury of the Municipality of Cuyo, Palawan, for TWO PESOS payable to bearer per Ordinance No. 1 as amended. Serial number 417-CC appears in all four corners, with three manuscript signatures below identifying the Municipal Treasurer, Municipal Mayor, and Justice of the Peace. |
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| Obverse lettering | No. 417-CC P2.00 This certifies that there has been deposited in the Treasury of the MUNICIPALITY OF CUYO PALAWAN TWO PESOS Payable to the bearer in accordance with Ordinance No. 1, as amended by Ordinance No. 2, s. 1943 of the Municipal Council LOCAL CURRENCY NOTE |
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Cuyo, a small municipality in La Rioja province, issued emergency fractional currency during the early 1940s when Argentina's wartime coin shortage left provincial towns functionally without small change. The national government's decision to redirect metals toward strategic use created a vacuum that dozens of municipalities filled with locally-produced paper scrip — some rudimentary, some surprisingly well-executed.
The P#S972 belongs to a series that circulated strictly within Cuyo's limits, legally valid only for local transactions. These municipal emissions were quietly withdrawn once national coinage returned to normal supply, and survivors typically show hard use.