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2 Pesos Victory
| Issuer | Treasury of the Philippines |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 2 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed Treasury Certificate in blue and black on uncoloured paper. An oval vignette at left bears a portrait of José Rizal facing slightly right, labelled RIZAL below, set against tropical foliage. The centre carries the bold letterpress legends PHILIPPINES and TWO PESOS above a large guilloche numeral 2 vignette at lower centre. The Commonwealth of the Philippines seal, printed in blue, appears at right alongside two manuscript facsimile signatures above the titles President and Auditor General. The designation VICTORY SERIES NO. 66 is printed twice, with a serial number in red appearing at upper right and lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | TREASURY CERTIFICATE BY AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 13, 1922 THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE PHILIPPINES TWO PESOS PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND IN SILVER PESOS OR IN LEGAL TENDER CURRENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF EQUIVALENT VALUE TWO PESOS TWO PESOS VICTORY SERIES NO. 66 PHILIPPINES |
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The Victory series was prepared in the United States and delivered to the Philippines in advance of the liberation campaign, intended for immediate circulation once Japanese occupation currency was voided. The series name was deliberately chosen for psychological effect — a political decision made in Washington while the islands were still under Japanese control.
Series suffix letters on these notes track the print run sequence, and certain suffix combinations are considerably scarcer than others due to uneven wartime distribution logistics.