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1942 Culion Leper Colony 5 Peso WW2 US PHILIPPINES Emergency Currency Note S246

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

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 served 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 of centavo denominations and blue paper of denominations. The Bureau of Health stamping was applied on the bank 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 ISSUE NOTES 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 

ON GRADING

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