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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress text on cream paper with a decorative border, the central text bearing the promise to pay in the name of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, flanked by the denomination '10¢' in each corner. A red arms vignette of the City of Bacolod appears to the right of centre, with red serial numbers and series date printed vertically on both left and right margins. The lower portion carries three signature lines for the Provincial Treasurer, Acting Provincial Auditor, and Provincial Fiscal, above a single manuscript signature reading 'For the Committee'. |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress print on cream paper, the entire face filled with a tight guilloche-style underprint of closely ruled horizontal and vertical lines arranged in alternating bands, enclosed within a multi-line rectangular border with a repeating diamond-pattern outer frame. Denomination numerals '10' appear in the upper corners, 'CENTAVOS' runs vertically along both side margins, and the value '10¢' is repeated in the lower corners flanking the central inscription. |
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When Japanese forces occupied the Philippine archipelago in 1942, many provincial governments and guerrilla administrations issued their own emergency currency rather than accept Japanese Military Pesos. Negros Occidental was among the most organized of these issuers — the Provincial Currency Committee operated with enough institutional coherence to contract a local printer, Nalco Press, and produce a tiered denomination series that actually functioned as a working monetary system for the unoccupied interior.
Emergency Philippine provincial notes from this period vary wildly in survival rates. Negros Occidental issues were actively used and often destroyed through handling, fire, or deliberate disposal when Japanese forces advanced.