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20 Centavos
| Issuer | Municipalities of Sibuyan, Romblon |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Value | 20 Centavos (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset emergency note printed on yellow paper with a grid-pattern underprint. Large numeral "20" occupies the centre, with typewritten text arranged in horizontal lines across the face. Two manuscript signatures appear at the lower left, with printed name and title lines identifying the Municipal Treasurer and Mayor. |
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| Obverse lettering | EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SIBUYAN, ROMBLON WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TWENTY CENTAVOS IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF SIBUYAN ROMBLON 20 |
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Philippine municipal emergency notes are among the most historically specific paper money ever produced — not by a national authority but by local governments scrambling to maintain commerce after Japanese forces severed normal currency supply lines. Sibuyan Island, in Romblon Province, was sufficiently isolated that its municipalities had both the necessity and the latitude to print their own fractional notes. These circulated within a genuinely closed local economy.
The dual signatures of Rollio Ronira and Tomas G. Ramilo anchor this to a specific administrative moment — two named officials vouching for scrip backed by nothing more than local trust and the expectation that the war would eventually end.