CULION Paper Money S241 FULL SHEET

CULION Paper Money S253

S253
TWENTY CENTAVOS
1942. Like # S243.

Good: $50.00
Fine: $80.00
XF: $135.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

CULION Paper Money S252

S252
FIVE CENTAVOS
1942. Like # S242.

Good: $40.00
Fine: $75.00
XF: $110.00



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CULION Paper Money S251

S251
ONE CENTAVO
1942. Like # S241.

Good: $40.00
Fine: $70.00
XF: $100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

CULION Paper Money S247

S247
TWENTY PESOS
1942. Serial # 1 to 2,000
   
Good: Unpriced
Fine: Unpriced
XF: Unpriced

 

 

 

 

 

CULION Paper Money S246

S246
FIVE PESOS
1942. Serial # 1 to 14,400     
    
Good: $50.00
Fine: $100.00
XF: $180.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CULION Paper Money S245

S245
ONE PESO
1942. Serial # 1 to 16,999; 23,000 to 23,999;
              34,000 t0 34,999; 45,000 to 46,000            

Good: $40.00
Fine: $70.00
XF: $110.00

 

 

 

 

 

CULION Paper Money S244x

S244
50 CENTAVOS
1942. Serial # 1 to 16,000

x.  Error, FIFTY CENTAVOS typed over TWENTY CENTAVOS

Good: Unpriced
Fine: Unpriced
XF: Unpriced

 

 

 

 

 

CULION Paper Money S244a

S244
50 CENTAVOS
1942. Serial # 1 to 16,000

a.  Issued Note
Good: $40.00
Fine: $70.00
XF: $100.00



 

 

 

 

CULION Paper Money S243

S243
20 CENTAVOS
1942. Serial # 1 to 16,800

Good: $40.00
Fine: $70.00
XF: $100.00

 

 

 

 

CULION Paper Money S241

S244
1CENTAVO
1942. Serial # 1 to 20,800

Good: $30.00
Fine: $55.00
XF: $75.00

CULION LEPER COLONY

The Culion Leper colony was administered by the Commonwealth Bureau of Health. Normal monthly expenditure was about 25,000 pesos, most of which was obtained directly from Manila. The outbreak of the war effectively severed source of supply.

Funds on hand were nearly exhausted in meeting the December 1941 payroll. The special Culion coinage was reissued, but was only a stop-gap measure. In late January 1942, at a public meeting, a proposal was adopted to issue local scrip. A Currency Committee was formed consisting of Dr. H. W. Wade, Medical Director of the Leonard Wood Memorial, as Chairman, with Acting Chief Pathologist Jose O. Nolasco and Disbursing Officer Julio Lisboa as Members.

The scrip was mimeographed on pink paper for centavo denominations and blue paper for peso denominations. The Bureau of Health stamping was applied on the back in blue. Notes were dipped in paraffin for durability.

Even so, the scrip was accepted with reluctance. and an appeal was made to President Quezon who telegraphed on February 9, 1942 IF NECESSARY FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND OTHER EXPENSES, THESE NOTES WILL BE REDEEMED BY GOVERNMENT LATER.

A total of 144,485 pesos was printed, but only 92,130 pesos placed in circulation. When Japanese military scrip arrived at the end of July 1942 , use of Culion scrip was officially prohibited.


1942 FIRST ISSUE

# S241-S247 w/o typed Presidential authority on back.


1942 SECOND ISSUE

# S251-S253 w/ typed Presidential authority on back.






From: Catalogue

CEBU Guerilla paper Money S224

S224
TWENTY PESOS

1942. Black on orange unpt.  Serial # 1 to 41,000

Most probably
c, Facsimile sign, of all 3 Board Members

Good: $2.00
Fine: $4.00
XF: $8.00

CEBU EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD

TREASURY EMERGENCY CURRENCY CERTIFICATES

 

From February 20-22, 1942 a Conference of Provincial Treasurers convened by President Quezon was held at Bacolod, Negros Occidental. Concern was expressed that the multiplicity of emergency currency was creating confusion and distrust. A Resolution was adopted which called for creation of a single Currency Board to print emergency currency for all the provinces of the Visayan islands and Mindanao.

As a result of this Resolution, the Cebu Emergency Currency Board was created by President Quezon in a telegram dated March 1, which designated Acting Provincial Auditor Roman T, del Bando as Chairman, with Acting Provincial Treasurer Pedro Elizalde and Cebu City Treasurer Rosalio D, Macrohon as Members. Twenty million pesos was authorized instructions specified that all notes were to be countersigned by each Board Member.

Printing of 20 Pesos notes got underway as soon as plates could be prepared, followed by the 10, 5 and 2 Pesos denominations. Centavo notes were planned but never got past the design stage. Some of the first 20 Pesos notes were issued countersigned in pen, but the enormous amount of work involved necessitated use of facsimile signature stamps which could be applied by each Member's representative.

Printing was brought to a halt with the Japanese invasion of Cebu during the early morning hours of April 10, 1942. Until then no 2 Pesos notes had been completely printed. None of the 5 Pesos notes had been countersigned, and many of the 10 and 20 Pesos also lacked countersignatures. Of the 3,850,000 pesos printed, only 865,000 pesos were issued.

That same morning as the Japanese rapidly approached, the Currency Board began destroying the unissued currency. Notes were piled behind the  capital building, gasoline poured over them. and they were then set afire.

At the last minute, however, 19,500 pesos were set aside for use by the Cebu Provincial Government. This consisted of 500 notes each of the 5, 10 and 20 Pesos denominations, each serially numbered 1-500, plus 200 10 Pesos notes serially numbered 30,601 to 30,800.

The 5 and 10 Pesos notes numbered 1-500 had not been countersigned, and thus became the only notes officially issued without countersignatures.

As soon as the fire was blazing, the Board Members hastily departed, leaving behind the Constabulary soldiers guarding the burning notes. As soon as the officials left, the soldiers followed suit. Before the Japanese arrived, spectators to the scene scattered the fire and retrieved bundles of currency which were not burned at all. or had only the outer edges singed, Thousands of pesos thus reached circulation illegally.



1942 SERIES - OFFICIAL ISSUE
# S221-222 no countersign. on back

(S 221 - S224)


1942 ILLEGAL ISSUE

(S226 -S228)




From: Catalogue



 

CEBU Guerilla Paper Money S220

S220
TWENTY PESOS

1941. Like #S218. Serial # 302,501 to 325,000 

Good: $4.00
Fine: $8.00
XF: $15.00

CEBU Guerilla Paper Money S219

S219
FIVE PESOS

1941. Like #S216. Serial # 180,001 to 200,000

Good: $7.50
Fine: $15.00
XF: $25.00

CEBU Guerilla Paper Money S218 with Double Counterstamp (Surigao)

S218
TWENTY PESOS

1941. Black on orange unpt.
Bais paper, Wmk. Vertical bars,
Serial # 1 to 302,500

Local Treasurer of Carrascal
Surigao City

CEBU Guerilla Paper Money S218

S218
TWENTY PESOS

1941. Black on orange unpt. Bais paper,
Wmk. Vertical bars,
Serial # 1 to 302,500

Good: $0.50
Fine: $1.25
XF: $2.50

 

 

 

 

 

CEBU Guerilla Paper Money S217b

S217
TEN PESOS
1941. Black on yellow. unpt. Serial # 1 to 300,000

b. Bais paper. Wmk. Vertical bars.Serial #  approx. 75,001 upwards

Good: $0.50
Fine: $1.25
XF: $2.50

CEBU Guerilla Paper Money S217a

S217
TEN PESOS
1941. Black on yellow. unpt.
Serial # 1 to 300,000

a. W/o wmk. Serial # 1 to approx. 75,000

Good: $0.50
Fine: $1.25
XF: $2.50

CEBU Guerilla Paper Money S216

S216
FIVE PESOS
1941. Black on green. unpt. Wmk. Vertical bars.
Serial # 1 to 180,000

Good: $1.00
Fine: $2.50
XF: $7.00

CEBU Guerilla Paper Money S215

S215
ONE PESO
1941. Blue. Lt. orange back.
White bond paper.
Serial #1 to 1,000,000 .

Good: $0.10
Fine: $0.25
XF: $1.25

CEBU

Cebu Currency Committee

The Cebu Currency Commitee was created by President Quezon in a telegram dated Dec, 29, 1941. Simeon C. Miranda, Acting Manager of the Cebu Branch of the Philippine National Bank, was designated Chairman, with Provincial Auditor Roman T. del Bando and Provincial Fiscal Feliberto Imperial Reyes as Members.

The first notes produced were of 1 Peso denomination, printed in blue on white bond paper. By mid-February 1942, one million notes had been printed. By then stocks of paper had been obtained, primarily from the Bais Cellulose factory in Negros Oriental, and printing of the other denomintions, in black, were undertaken, The centavo notes were printed on a thick yellow paper. Each of the peso denominations had an underprinting in a different color. Officially, printing ended in late March, by which time a total of 11,005,000 pesos had been printed and turned over to the Philippine National bank for distribution.

For reasons never explained, Chairman Miranda had an additional 550,000 pesos printed in 5 and 20 peso notes. without the knowledge of the other Committee Members. On April 8, he turned the entire amount over to two USAFFE officers. When the Japanese invaded Cebu two days later, the currency was secretly hidden to prevent its capture. Later on, the Cebu guerillas retrieved it and and used it to finance their operations. Since no currency was printed in Cebu after the surrender, as was done in other areas, these notes may be regarded as a guerilla issue.

Most counterfeits are poorly done, none as good as the genuine. Serial numbers are often crude, sometimes faded to illegibility, and many of them have numbers far beyond the genuine.



PHILIPPPINE NATIONL BANK  - CEBU

1941 OFFICIAL EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE ISSUE
#S 211-S214 bank arms at ctr, on face. Yellow paper.

(S211 to  218)

1941 CEBU GUERILLA ISSUE

(S219 -220)

1941

MARIBOJOC (Bohol) - BOH 663

BOH-663
20 Centavos

Good: $3.50
V. Good: $ 4.50
Fine: $6.00

 

MARIBOJOC (Bohol) - BOH 662

BOH-662
10 Centavos

Good: $3.50
V. Good: $ 4.50
Fine: $6.00

MARIBOJOC (Bohol) - BOH 661

BOH-661
5 Centavos

Good: $3.50
V. Good: $ 4.50
Fine: $6.00

MARIBOJOC (Bohol) - BOH 653

BOH-653
20 Centavos

Good: $5.00
V. Good: $ 7.50

MARIBOJOC (Bohol) 1944

This town is in the center of the southwest cluster of communities on Bohol which issued local currency. Two markedly different emissions ook place, both dated 1944. The first of these is reminiscent of the famous "Lazy 2" issue of U.S. $2 notes as the redemption numerals on the face are lying sideways in a "Lazy"  position. The second issue is somewhat more conventional. Issuing body was the Emergency Currency Board of the town,


First Issue

This is by far the scarcer of the two issues, Printing is usually not good, and it is seldom that a decently clear specimen can be found.


General Characteristics

Face: Mimeo print, two black typed serial numbers, weakly printed signatures of the Board. Large numerals at the right are in a horizontal or "lazy" position. Title is "Certificate of 1944."

Back: Three small handwritten signatures probably were meant for each note; back is otherwise blank. Embossed seal is weakly impressed (on all?).

Size: 79-84/54mm.

Paper: White ballot

(BOH 651 to 653)




Second Issue

Notes of the second issue are much more plentiful, better printed and less individualistic in their appearance.


General Characteristics

Face: Mimeo print, two black typed serial numbers, three printed signatures of the Board. Large denomination numerals are upright and centered. Title as the first issue.

Back: Similar to the preceding issue.

Size: 81-84/60-61mm.

Paper: White ballot

(BOH 661 to 663)

JAGNA (Bohol) - BOH 474a

BOH-474a
50 Centavos
White Ballot Paper.

Good: $8.50
V-Good: $9.50
Fine: $11.50