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2 Pesos Large
| Issuer | Province of Palawan |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 2 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Plain ruled paper stock printed in dark blue ink by letterpress, with large numeral "2" repeated at left and right as denomination markers. The central text block carries the full promise-to-pay legend, serial number "No." at upper left and right, and the authorization reference to Resolution No. 33, Series 1943 of the Provincial Board. Three manuscript signatures appear along the lower portion, each identified below by printed title: Municipal District Mayor, Municipal District Treasurer, and Member. |
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| Reverse lettering | ₱2 PROVINCIAL TREASURER P.I. RECEIVED |
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Palawan's wartime emergency currency was among the most locally administered of all Philippine provincial issues — the island's geographic isolation from Luzon meant that Manila's Japanese-occupation authorities had limited practical reach there, and guerrilla-aligned local governments continued functioning with their own scrip. This note carries three signatories from the municipal district level, an unusually granular chain of authorization that reflects how fragmented and improvised the island's administrative structure had become by 1943.
P#S925 is scarce. Palawan's small population meant limited print runs, and subsequent Allied operations through the island resulted in significant document loss.