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5 Pesos
| Uitgever | Municipality of Guiuan (Province of Eastern Samar) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1943 |
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| Waarde | 5 Pesos |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Letterpress-printed on aged paper with a repetitive underprint border of numeral '5' and 'b' characters running along all four margins. Two circular official seals are positioned at left and right of centre, flanking multi-line black text identifying the issuing authority and the war emergency promise to pay; the denomination 'FIVE 5 PESOS' appears in bold block lettering across the lower portion. Date and serial number are rendered in blue ink in the upper field, with multiple manuscript signatures along the bottom edge. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | GUIUAN, SAMAR, PHILIPPINES July 15, 1943 UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES IN THE FIELD WAR CIRCULATING NOTES UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AFTER THE PERIOD OF EMERGENCY FIVE 5 PESOS |
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| Opmerkingen |
Guiuan sits at the southeastern tip of Samar — one of the first Philippine landmasses retaken by MacArthur's forces in late 1944, but this note precedes that by a year. During the Japanese occupation, provincial and municipal governments across the Philippines were permitted, sometimes compelled, to issue their own emergency currency when Japanese Military Administration notes failed to circulate adequately in remote areas. Eastern Samar was precisely the kind of isolated coastal province where Manila-issued scrip arrived late and in insufficient quantity.
Municipal issues from this level of local authority are among the least documented of all Philippine emergency currency — Guiuan specifically produced very limited quantities, and wartime humidity in the Visayas was brutal on paper.