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1 Peso
| Issuer | Commonwealth of the Philippines / Provincial Government of Nueva Vizcaya |
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| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Under authority granted by His Excellency, the President of the COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES this certificate is good for ONE PESO payable by the PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NUEVA VIZCAYA to the bearer on demand in silver pesos or in legal tender currency of equivalent value. CIRILO TORRALBA Provincial Auditor DEMETRIO QUIRINO Provincial Governor RODRIGO ROCHA Actg. Prov. Treasurer |
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| Reverse lettering | OFFICE OF THE PROV. TREASURER Solano, N. Vizcaya |
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Nueva Vizcaya's wartime emergency issue is one of the more administratively unusual notes from the Philippine provincial series. The three signatories — Cirilo Torralba, Demetrio Quirino, and Rodrigo Rocha — reflect the trilateral authorization structure common to provincial guerrilla-era currency, where local officials co-signed to establish legitimacy in the absence of central banking infrastructure. Demetrio Quirino was a brother of Elpidio Quirino, who would later serve as President of the Philippines, a family connection that occasionally draws collector interest disproportionate to the note's scarcity.
Nueva Vizcaya was a small, landlocked province with limited printing resources, and the production quality of S793 notes varies accordingly.