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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincial Board of Mountain Province |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Cream-coloured emergency note with a decorative floral and scroll border. The central text certifies deposit in the Philippine National Bank equivalent to TEN PESOS, with the denomination P10p repeated in each corner and 'SERIES A' printed at upper left and right. Signature lines for Provincial Governor, N.S. Vergara as Provincial Treasurer, Provincial Auditor, and Assistant Provincial Treasurer appear in the lower portion, with manuscript signatures present. |
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| Obverse lettering | Mountain Province Emergency Note SERIES A This certifies that there has been deposited in the Philippine National Bank the equivalent of TEN PESOS Redeemable in the Currency of the Philippine Commonwealth after this Emergency. No 1942 PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR PROVINCIAL TREASURER COUNTERSIGNED: PROVINCIAL AUDITOR By: ASST. PROVINCIAL TREASURER P10p |
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Mountain Province is one of the more obscure Philippine guerrilla issuers of the Second World War occupation period. While many provinces in Luzon issued emergency currency after the Japanese occupation disrupted the banking system, Mountain Province's notes were produced under the authority of the provincial board rather than a military unit — a civilian administrative continuity that was itself unusual given the circumstances on the ground.
The series is notoriously scarce. Much of the province's wartime paper was either destroyed in the field or never formally redeemed after liberation, leaving the surviving population with worthless notes and no recourse.