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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Province of Negros Oriental |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Currency | Peso (1941-1945) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on pale cream paper, with the heading COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES / Province of Negros Oriental across the top, flanked by the series designation at upper right. The central denomination numeral 5 appears in large bold type on both sides, with FIVE CENTAVOS in large display lettering across the middle. The lower portion carries the order-to-pay text, spaces for countersignature, and printed titles for the Provincial Auditor and Provincial Treasurer. |
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| Reverse lettering | FIVE CENTAVOS 5 5 5 5 |
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Negros Oriental was one of several Philippine provinces that issued its own emergency currency after the Japanese invasion cut off normal banking channels in late 1941 and early 1942. These provincial guerrilla notes were authorized under U.S. Commonwealth military necessity doctrine, with local governments empowered to print their own scrip to keep commerce functioning under occupation conditions.
The five-centavo denomination was the smallest in the Negros Oriental series, which made it high-circulation and consequently high-attrition. Surviving examples in any usable condition are proportionally scarcer than the higher values.