1941 1 Peso Note Philippines Rare Variety?

[dw171]

Was able to check out an upcoming auction. Some different nice coins, but these notes caught my eye. I only took pictures of the bottom right side, just for serial number and signatures. The first is a series 66 1 peso note. Its in great shape, I don't believe they're worth a lot. Next is the more interesting one. Its a 1941 1 peso note, but the serial number is in the 6 millions, but below 6.3 million. I was reading on this site Value of 1941 Philippines One Peso Treasury Certificate | Antique Money that it might be a rarer variety. Can anyone confirm that? The bill looks much nicer than the picture they have on site. Any help is appreciated.

 

[diggummup]

Well it definitely has a serial number in the 6 millions. I just can't tell the difference between the two notes depicted on that link, Test Paper Variety and Signature Combination Variety2. To me they look identical, what's the difference? Also it says the one with 300,000 printed is rare and valuable, while the other that had 200,000 printed says many have survived and aren't that valuable. Meanwhile they both show serial numbers in the 6 millions. The signatures also look identical, what's with the "signature variety2" difference? Can anyone explain that?

Here is one with a 6 million serial number- 1941 US Philippine Peso Treasury Cert VF Naval Aviators Packet Note P89C M24 | eBay and one that sold
Philippines 1941 1944 One Peso Naval Aviator 039 s Note E6373658E P 89C | eBay

 

[dw171]

Yea that's what I can't figure out. All versions look to have the same signatures with the only difference being what range the serial number is in. Maybe the site just has confusing titles and its all based on the serial number? I read that it should be from around 6.008m to 6.324m on the number with several gaps in between. If its the rare version it probably has an interesting story on why its not worn much. They were testing out papers and artificially aging them very quickly to see how well they wore.

 

[cyberdan]

I have a few of those from around that time but they are Japanese occupation notes.