Week 583--Numisma-Quest time again!

[Jennifer F.]

Q: How were the 1942 notes of the Culion Leper Colony protected against counterfeiting?

 

 

 

 

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[MercuryMan]

They were signed and serial numbered.

 

[JIM F.]

By coating with paraffin.

[dadams]

Countersignatures attested the notes authenticity.

[SamD]

[font:Verdana][font:Century Gothic][/font]Phillippines Commonwealth Bureau of Health created special typed and signed -script. It was mimeographed on paper and the 2nd issue back had a Presidential Authority hand stamp to prevent counterfeiting.

 

The first issues lacked the Presidential Authority.[/font]

[JAA]

As safe-guards against counterfeiting and excessive wear each note was marked with a row of punctures made by a dressmaker's burr wheel and was waterproofed with a paraffin wax mixture.

 

In early 1942 the Culion Leper Colony found itself cut off from contact with the central government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines due to the Japanese invasion. Faced with a shortage of money to pay salaries and purchase supplies an Emergency Currency Committee was created and charged with the task of supervising the printing of Emergency Currency for the colony. Printing started on January 28, 1942. On February 9, 1942 Philippine President Manuel Quezon formally approved the authority of the Culion Emergency Currency Committee. Culion Leper Colony emergency notes were printed in seven denominations: 1 Centavo, 5 Centavos, 20 Centavos , 50 Centavos, 1 Peso, 5 Pesos, and 20 Pesos. The Centavo notes were printed on pink paper and the Peso notes on blue paper. These were mimeographed with multiple copies per stencil.

 

The notes were signed by: Julio Lisboa, Disbursing Officer, H.W. Wade, Chairman of the Emergency Currency Committee, and J.O. Nolasco, Acting Chief of the Culion Leper Colony.

 

All of the notes were serially numbered in two places with a hand numbering machine. On the back of the notes a rubber stamp imprint in purple reads:

The Government of the Philippine Islands

Department of Public Instruction

Bureau of Health

 

Later issues of the 1, 5, and 20 Centavos also had the following authorization on the reverse:

Issued by Authority of the

PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Transmitted 2/9/42 through

Commanding General, USAFFE, Iloilo

 

Culion Leper Colony emergency notes were used until July 28, 1942 when the Japanese army took possession of Culion. After the war the notes of the Culion Emergency Committee were recognized and redeemed as a pre-surrender issue.

 

The Philippine Health Service also issued special Leper coins for use in the Culion Lepar Colony. For information on Culion Leper Colony coinage please visit my NGC Culion Leper Colony Registry Set at https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=148172&Ranking=all

 

REFERENCES

 

Philippine Emergency and Guerrilla Currency of World War ll, pages 84-86, by Neil Shafer, 1974

 

The Numismatic Aspects of Leprosy: Money, Medals, and Miscellanea, pages 58 - 71, by Roger R. McFadden, John Grost, and Dennis E. Marr, 1993

 

 

 

 

 

[JAA]

As safe-guards against counterfeiting and excessive wear each note was marked with a row of punctures made by a dressmaker's burr wheel and was waterproofed with a paraffin wax mixture.

 

In early 1942 the Culion Leper Colony found itself cut off from contact with the central government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines due to the Japanese invasion. Faced with a shortage of money to pay salaries and purchase supplies an Emergency Currency Committee was created and charged with the task of supervising the printing of Emergency Currency for the colony. Printing started on January 28, 1942. On February 9, 1942 Philippine President Manuel Quezon formally approved the authority of the Culion Emergency Currency Committee. Culion Leper Colony emergency notes were printed in seven denominations: 1 Centavo, 5 Centavos, 20 Centavos , 50 Centavos, 1 Peso, 5 Pesos, and 20 Pesos. The Centavo notes were printed on pink paper and the Peso notes on blue paper. These were mimeographed with multiple copies per stencil.

 

The notes were signed by: Julio Lisboa, Disbursing Officer, H.W. Wade, Chairman of the Emergency Currency Committee, and J.O. Nolasco, Acting Chief of the Culion Leper Colony.

 

All of the notes were serially numbered in two places with a hand numbering machine. On the back of the notes a rubber stamp imprint in purple reads:

The Government of the Philippine Islands

Department of Public Instruction

Bureau of Health

 

Later issues of the 1, 5, and 20 Centavos also had the following authorization on the reverse:

Issued by Authority of the

PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Transmitted 2/9/42 through

Commanding General, USAFFE, Iloilo

 

Culion Leper Colony emergency notes were used until July 28, 1942 when the Japanese army took possession of Culion. After the war the notes of the Culion Emergency Committee were recognized and redeemed as a pre-surrender issue.

 

The Philippine Health Service also issued special Leper coins for use in the Culion Lepar Colony. For information on Culion Leper Colony coinage please visit my NGC Culion Leper Colony Registry Set at: http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=148172&Ranking=all

 

REFERENCES

 

Philippine Emergency and Guerrilla Currency of World War ll, pages 84-86, by Neil Shafer, 1974

 

The Numismatic Aspects of Leprosy: Money, Medals, and Miscellanea, pages 58 - 71, by Roger R. McFadden, John Grost, and Dennis E. Marr, 1993

 

 

 

 

 

[Jennifer F.]

Q: How were the 1942 notes of the Culion Leper Colony protected against counterfeiting?

 

A: Each note was marked with a row punctured by a dressmaker's burr wheel.

 

 

Congratulations to jaa who was our winner this week. And thanks to everyone who participated. Have a great week everyone!