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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 3776490, member: 6986&quot;]Your picture is not big enough to determine whether it is a counterfeit. </p><p><br /></p><p>You are confused about the JAPWANCAP stamp.&nbsp; JAPWANCAP collected all Philippine JIM, not just the counterfeit notes.&nbsp; Not all notes with the JAPWANCAP stamp are counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only significance of the counterfeits to the JAPWANCAP story is that JAPWANCAP argued that the counterfeits contributed to the inflation in the Philippines during the war.&nbsp; They made this argument to try to get around the six year statute of limitations in the Court of Claims.&nbsp; They argued that since the information about the counterfeits was not declassified until the 1960s that the statute of limitations should not apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are diagnostics on the one peso, five peso and ten peso notes to determine the counterfeits.&nbsp; The counterfeits are much scarcer than genuine notes but are still available for cheap.&nbsp; In fact, if you look hard enough you can find them in junk boxes as most people do not know how to identify the counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can post pictures of the differences when I get home tonight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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