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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Guiuan, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed on what appears to be a requisitioned document, with pre-printed form text referencing property boundaries by compass direction (North, East, South, West) and lines for Municipality and Province. A circular official handstamp is impressed at centre, partially legible, serving as the authenticating seal for this emergency issue. |
| Reverse lettering | Municipality of Province of North East South West |
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Guiuan is a coastal municipality on the southeastern tip of Samar — one of the first Philippine landmasses to see significant Japanese occupation activity following the December 1941 invasion. This note is a locally issued guerrilla or municipal emergency currency, produced during the Japanese occupation period when U.S.-backed Philippine Commonwealth currency was hoarded or unavailable and Japanese Military Pesos were widely distrusted or refused in rural communities.
Municipal emergency notes from Samar are among the less-documented issues of the Philippine occupation series. Guiuan's geographic isolation made resupply difficult, which almost certainly drove the decision to print locally.