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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown on plain paper with a simple letterpress border of repeated ornamental devices. The upper portion carries the title TEN CENTAVOS within the top border, beneath which appear the denomination numerals 10¢ at each corner and the text EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1942, issued by authority of the President of the Philippines on January 20, 1942. A central vignette carries the Commonwealth of the Philippines coat of arms to the right, alongside the promise text THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN CENTAVOS IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES. The lower section identifies the issuing authority as the Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee, with printed role designations for the signatories — PROV. TREAS. CHAIRMAN, ACTO. PROV. AUD. MEMBER, and PROV. FISCAL. MEMBER — accompanied by a manuscript signature for the Committee, with SERIES OF 1942 printed vertically on each lateral margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | TEN CENTAVOS 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 TEN CENTAVOS IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee: PROV. TREAS. CHAIRMAN ACTO. PROV. AUD. MEMBER PROV. FISCAL. MEMBER for the Committee SERIES OF 1942 10¢ |
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Negros Occidental was one of several Philippine provinces that organized its own emergency currency after the Japanese occupation severed normal banking operations in late 1941 and early 1942. The Provincial Currency Committee issues were locally produced stopgaps — printed under wartime conditions with whatever materials were available — and were intended to keep commerce functional while the occupation disrupted the peso supply.
The guerrilla and civilian administration networks that backed these notes operated under constant pressure. Many surviving examples show the rough production quality that comes with wartime improvisation rather than any printing deficiency per se.