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20 Centavos
| Issuer | Dimiao Change Board |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress-printed emergency chit on white paper, with heart-shaped vignettes at upper left and right corners each bearing the numeral 20. Central text block carries the denomination in a stamped panel, with serial number in red ink at left and suffix letter at right. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower centre above the titles Member and Chairman. |
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| Obverse lettering | DIMIAO CHANGE BOARD SERIES OF 1944 No. A (20) (CENTAVOS) (TWENTY) circulation and reception at DIMIAO only Member Chairman XX XX |
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Dimiao is a municipality in Bohol province, the Philippines. Change boards — locally organized bodies issuing fractional guerrilla or emergency currency — proliferated across Bohol and neighboring islands during the Japanese occupation after conventional coinage and small denominations became impossible to obtain. The Dimiao Change Board operated at the municipal level, meaning this note was likely authorized by local officials and circulated within a tight geographic radius.
1944 places it in the later occupation period, when the Philippine guerrilla monetary network was already extensive and the return of MacArthur was months away. Notes from municipal-level Bohol issuers survive in smaller numbers than provincial issues — the production runs were short and the paper fragile.