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1 Peso

Issuer Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee
Year 1942
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Shape Rectangular
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Obverse description The obverse is printed in red-brown on white paper and carries a central text block reading 'THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE PESO IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES.' A small portrait vignette of a male figure appears at the left, flanked by ornate guilloche borders and corner numerals '1'. A circular red official seal is impressed at the right center. The note is identified as an 'EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1942, ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JANUARY 20, 1942,' with three signature lines for Provincial Fiscal Member, Provincial Treasurer Chairman, and Acting Peso Auditor Member.
Obverse lettering ONE PESO
EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1942
ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JANUARY 20, 1942
THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES
WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND
ONE PESO
IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PROVINCIAL CURRENCY COMMITTEE
Provincial Fiscal Member
Provincial Treasurer Chairman
Actg. Peso Auditor Member
SERIES OF 1942
Reverse description The reverse is printed entirely in red on white paper and bears a large central 'V' underprint motif — a wartime Victory symbol — with the denomination 'ONE PESO' printed in bold letters across the center and 'COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES' below. The word 'PESO' appears vertically along both lateral margins, and the entire field is covered by a fine horizontal-line guilloche underprint with decorative geometric borders at the corners.
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