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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Commonwealth of the Philippines, Province of Negros Oriental, Bacolod |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Currency | Philippine Peso (1898-date) |
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| Obverse description | Plain off-white note with a simple typeset layout; the upper portion carries the issuer inscription and series date, with the denomination stated in large bold letterpress type at centre reading 'TWO PESOS'. A text block below the denomination details the charge against the account of the Provincial Treasurer of Negros Oriental with the Philippine National Bank, Bacolod Branch, followed by two manuscript signatures over printed title lines for the Provincial Auditor, Counter-signed, and Provincial Treasurer. The numeral '2' appears in guilloche-framed panels on both lateral margins, and a red alphanumeric serial number is printed in the upper right corner. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in terracotta-brown ink on plain white paper, with an ornamental border of repeated foliate and geometric motifs enclosing the entire field. The denomination 'Two Pesos' is set in large serif type at centre, with the numeral '2' repeated in each corner and 'PESOS' printed vertically along both lateral borders. A faint ghost underprint of text is visible through the paper from the obverse. |
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Negros Oriental's wartime emergency notes were issued under Commonwealth authority after Japanese forces severed the islands from Manila's banking infrastructure in early 1942. Provincial governments across the Visayas scrambled to produce local currency to prevent economic paralysis, and the Negros series is among the more documented of these guerrilla-era issues.
The Bacolod attribution is notable — Bacolod is technically the capital of Negros Occidental, not Negros Oriental, which raises persistent questions among specialists about the precise administrative chain behind this series. Whether this reflects a printing arrangement across provincial lines or a cataloging inconsistency in the Pick numbering has never been fully resolved.