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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Province of Palawan, Brooke's Point |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper ground with large numeral '5' printed in blue at left and right. Central text block carries the denomination 'FIVE PESOS' and the legal tender clause 'In lawful currency of the Philippines', with serial number 'No. 0802' and issue date 'May 29, 1944' at upper left and right. Three manuscript signatures with typed name and title attributions appear along the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Coarse paper ground printed in blue with large peso sign and numeral '5' at upper left and Roman numeral 'V' at upper right, with a second 'V' at lower left forming a bold corner pattern. A circular official stamp at centre reads 'BROOKE'S POINT, PALAWAN' with a manuscript signature and the designation 'Municipal Treasurer', accompanied by a 'RECEIVED' overprint at the base of the stamp. |
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One of the most geographically isolated guerrilla currency issues of the Philippine resistance, this note was produced at Brooke's Point — a small coastal settlement on Palawan's southern tip — while the rest of the archipelago remained under Japanese occupation. Palawan's isolation, which made it one of the last major islands to fall, also made it one of the few places where provincial civil authority maintained enough continuity to issue its own scrip through 1944.
Brooke's Point is named for James Brooke, the British Rajah of Sarawak, reflecting Palawan's proximity to Borneo rather than any particular connection to Luzon.