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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Philippine National Bank / Negros Occidental Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Size | 158 × 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Typeset emergency note printed on yellow-tinted paper with a fine vertical line underprint, enclosed within a decorative zigzag border. The denomination numeral '10' appears in each corner alongside the Roman numeral 'X' at left center, with 'SERIES OF 1941' inscribed at upper right and lower left. The Philippine National Bank circular seal is applied in black at right center, and three manuscript signature lines appear at the foot of the note, attributed to the Provincial Fiscal Member, the Acting Manager of the PNB Bacolod Branch as Chairman, and the Acting Provincial Auditor as Member. |
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| Reverse description | Plain typeset reverse on yellow-tinted paper with a fine vertical line underprint, enclosed within the same decorative zigzag border as the obverse. The denomination 'TEN PESOS' heads the design in bold letters, followed by 'SECOND ISSUE' beneath, with Roman numeral 'X' in the upper corners and the numeral '10' in the lower corners. The issuing authority text is centered in the lower half of the field. |
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When Japanese forces cut off Negros Occidental from Manila in late 1941, local authorities faced an immediate currency shortage. The Negros Occidental Currency Committee, operating under emergency powers, authorized the Philippine National Bank branch to issue a series of guerrilla-style emergency notes printed locally by Filma Press — a commercial printer with no prior experience producing currency. The resulting notes are technically rough by any central bank standard, and that roughness is itself the historical record.
At over 12 million pieces, the print run was substantial for a provincial emergency issue, though wartime losses, destruction upon Japanese occupation of the island, and post-liberation redemption all reduced surviving populations considerably.