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1 Peso
| Issuer | Municipal Government of Macrohon, Leyte |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note with a decorative rectangular border enclosing the text of the promise to pay. A small municipal seal vignette with an eagle motif is centred near the top of the design. A circular violet handstamp reading "1 PESO" appears at lower left, accompanied by a manuscript signature above the designation "MPL. TREASURER." |
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| Obverse lettering | THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT MACROHON LEYTE WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND 1 PESO |
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Macrohon is a small coastal municipality on the southern tip of Leyte, and its wartime emergency currency is among the more obscure entries in Philippine guerrilla and civilian issue studies. During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, dozens of provincial and municipal governments — cut off from Manila and from any functioning central banking system — issued their own scrip to keep local economies from collapsing entirely. Macrohon's issue falls within that broad category, though documentation on print runs, signatories, and redemption history for this specific municipality remains thin.
The wide date range reflects genuine uncertainty rather than a known series of distinct issues.