1 Peso Culion Leper Colony Coin

Culion Leper Colony 1 peso. One of the hard to find 1 peso, created for people isolated on the island of Culion, Palawan Philippines due to their “leprosy” disease. It was believed that money is one of the possible causes of the spread of infectious disease causing the government to create their own money specifically circulating in the isolation island. People who were infected with such disease during those time were sent to the island of Culion in Palawan for treatment (if possible) but most of them were stuck there and just waiting for their final sunset. "About 5,300 patients await the time when death shall have made an end to their suffering or medical skill afforded them the much desired negative test which restores them to their homes and to their loved ones. Strangely enough in 1923, of the 34 who were released from Culion, three decided to remain in the colony. Perhaps it was because they foresaw the glances of fear and horror they would receive from friends and neighbors when they returned to their homes, officially cured but still carrying with them the stigma of the living death from which they had recently escaped"
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