Japanese Invasion Money Philippines 10 pesos note : Miss L E Dutton

Japanese Invasion Money 10 pesos note for use in the Philippines, series PD. The note has been circulated. It has three vertical fold marks, and shows signs of general use wear.

Philippines currency collected by Miss Leonie Elizabeth 'Beth' Dutton. Dutton was an Australian fiction writer living in New York. Together with Miss Joy Chute, she hosted Sunday Suppers for visiting Australian and New Zealand servicemen in her apartment on East 68th Street. The Anzac Club in New York arranged the guest list of servicemen, who were often visiting on their way to England, or on leave from training camps in Canada. The supper menu always included; spam, spaghetti with meat sauce, potato chips, carrots and radishes, bread and butter, caramel pudding, cookies and tea or coffee. Over time, Dutton also extended the supper invitation to American and Canadian servicemen. From July 1943 to September 1945, Dutton and Chute held one hundred and sixty parties for over a thousand guests, of whom four hundred were Anzacs. This note is from a series issued by the Japanese forces of occupation in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War. It is an example of Japanese Invasion Money intended for use in the Philippines, as indicated by the letter P in the series PD.