114

PHILIPPINES
Value

500 Pesos
Issued by

Japanese Government
Date

ND (1945)

 Jose Rizal monument, Manila

 
114a

Block letters PF
watermark: banana tree

114b

Block letters PG
watermark: quatrefoil flower
Remark

Handstamped Japanese Occupation Notes:

The Philippine organization JAPWANCAP, Inc. (Japanese War Notes Claimants Association of the Philippines), made a very serious attempt in 1967 to obtain funds from the United States for redemption of millions of Pesos in Japanese occupation currency.
Notes being held by JAPWANCAP where marked with a number of different stampings.
Most are seen on higher denominations, but occasionally lower values are found as well.
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