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2 Pesos Small
| Issuer | Province of Palawan |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S926 |
| Obverse description | Plain paper note printed in black letterpress, with large numeral '2' repeated at left and right as value indicators. Central text block carries the full obligation legend and authorization details, with serial number '0439' printed at upper left and right. Three manuscript signatures appear along the lower portion, each accompanied by a printed title identifying the Municipal District Mayor, Municipal District Treasurer, and a Member. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed on plain grid-ruled paper with a large bold '₱2' denomination numeral in black at center-top. A circular handstamp reading 'BROKER'S POINT, PALAWAN' with a central date slug is struck at lower right, accompanied by a manuscript signature and the printed legend 'Municipal District Treasurer'. |
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| Comments |
Palawan's wartime emergency currency was issued under Japanese occupation but by Filipino provincial authorities maintaining a degree of local administrative function — a peculiar dual reality common to Philippine guerrilla and civil-hybrid governance of 1943. The Province of Palawan series circulated alongside both Japanese military pesos and, in some areas, genuine guerrilla scrip, creating a chaotic monetary environment where acceptance depended entirely on who was enforcing it that week.
The S926 designation places this within the Philippine Commonwealth emergency issues catalogued by Pick. Palawan's geographic isolation — a long, narrow island chain far from Luzon's administrative centers — made resupply of official currency nearly impossible, which is the direct reason these provincial notes exist at all.