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These notes were issued by guerilla groups living in the jungles and
mountains of the Philippines,
having avoided surrendering to the Japanese occupying forces. Due to the
scarcity of materials, many were printed with plates made from lead salvaged
from old batteries, using emulsion paint for ink and paper from old paper
bags.
They were issued by authority of President Quezon whose portrait appears
on two of the notes, but they were declared illegal by the Japanese who issued
their own currency for the Philippines.