{"product_id":"philippines-wwii-1944-1-peso-034-victory-034-treasury-certificate-271","title":"Philippines WWII 1944 1 Peso \"VICTORY\" Treasury Certificate (271)","description":"\u003ch1 data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePhilippines WWII 1944 1 Peso \"VICTORY\" Treasury Certificate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eIssuing Authority:\u003c\/b\u003e Commonwealth of the Philippines \/ United States of America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/b\u003e One Peso (₱1.00)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSeries \/ Authorization:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"24\"\u003eVICTORY Series No. 66\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalog Reference:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"19\"\u003ePick # 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSerial Number:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"15\"\u003e\u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"15\"\u003eF02006271\u003c\/code\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Black typography)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePortrait:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"10\"\u003eApolinario Mabini\u003c\/b\u003e (First Prime Minister of the Philippines and revolutionary thinker)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,6,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSignatures (Printed Facsimiles):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"1,6,1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,6,1,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,6,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSergio Osmeña\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1,6,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"15\"\u003ePresident\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,6,1,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,6,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eJaime Hernandez\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1,6,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"17\"\u003eAuditor General\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,7,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSeal:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue circular Commonwealth of the Philippines Treasury Seal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,8,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eReverse Overprint:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold black open-face typography reading \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"59\"\u003e\u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"1,8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"59\"\u003eVICTORY\u003c\/code\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e across the orange intaglio scrollwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1,9,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1,9,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/b\u003e United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBernie Bernstein \u0026amp; the Secret Philippine Submarine Evacuation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eScorched-Earth Asset Denial:\u003c\/b\u003e In early 1942, before later rising to prominence as General Eisenhower’s chief financial officer tracking hidden Nazi gold reserves at Merkers, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"173\"\u003eBernard \"Bernie\" Bernstein\u003c\/b\u003e served as a trusted legal and financial aide to Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSecuring the Manila Vaults:\u003c\/b\u003e As the Japanese Imperial Army advanced on Manila, Bernstein’s office helped formulate the strategy to deny the enemy liquid assets: Treasury agents methodically logged and incinerated millions in paper currency and certificates inside the Philippine capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Submarine Extraction (USS \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"30\"\u003eTrout\u003c\/i\u003e):\u003c\/b\u003e The physical gold bullion, silver bars, and millions of silver pesos were rushed across Manila Bay to the fortified island of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"164\"\u003eCorregidor\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"4,2,1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,2,1,0,0\"\u003eUnder plans coordinated with Washington, the U.S. Navy submarine \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,2,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"65\"\u003eUSS \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4,2,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"69\"\u003eTrout\u003c\/i\u003e (SS-202)\u003c\/b\u003e slipped past the Japanese naval blockade into Corregidor in February 1942. After offloading anti-aircraft shells, the submarine loaded \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,2,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"219\"\u003e20 tons of gold bars and silver dollars\u003c\/b\u003e as ballast and escaped underwater to Pearl Harbor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,2,1,1,0\"\u003eMillions of remaining silver pesos—too heavy to evacuate before Corregidor fell—were dumped into deep water off Caballo Island to prevent Japanese salvage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Liberation Return:\u003c\/b\u003e This \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"28\"\u003e1944 VICTORY Series 66\u003c\/b\u003e note represents the closure of that financial operation. After pre-war backing reserves were saved from capture, the U.S. BEP printed these VICTORY notes and shipped them alongside MacArthur’s forces in October 1944 to restore stable, U.S.-backed money across the liberated archipelago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTechnical \u0026amp; Visual Assessment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTechnical Grade:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"17\"\u003eVery Good to Fine (VG 10 – F 12)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePreservation Highlights:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1,0,0\"\u003eShows honest wartime hand-to-hand circulation with multiple vertical folds and a soft horizontal center crease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1,1,0\"\u003ePaper retains solid body and fiber cohesion, showing noticeably less central crease wear than the previous piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1,2,0\"\u003eEdges are intact with light natural handling wear and minor corner rounding; no catastrophic splits or missing paper chunks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1,3,0\"\u003eLight environmental toning and age patina across margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1,4,0\"\u003eSerial numbers (\u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"16\"\u003eF02006271\u003c\/code\u003e), the blue Commonwealth seal, and the black \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"70\"\u003e\u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"70\"\u003eVICTORY\u003c\/code\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e overprint remain sharp, dark, and clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7,1,1,5,0\"\u003eReverse exhibits a small blue ink handling smudge near the left border, consistent with period teller or commercial stamp-pad contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCollector Value \u0026amp; Market Pricing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eMarket Classification:\u003c\/b\u003e Philippine WWII Liberation \/ US Commonwealth Treasury Certificate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"JV Coins \u0026 Currency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50688628031746,"sku":"168691710227","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/7393\/8178\/files\/1_25671ec1-dbdc-4dff-b2fa-64dd9b828b02.jpg?v=1791772217","url":"https:\/\/jvcoinscurrency.com\/products\/philippines-wwii-1944-1-peso-034-victory-034-treasury-certificate-271","provider":"JV Coins \u0026 Currency","version":"1.0","type":"link"}