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5 Pesos Red seal
| Issuer | Negros Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress text on white paper with a decorative geometric border running the full perimeter. The denomination FIVE PESOS appears in large red letters at centre, with the issuing authority text in italic green script below and SERIES OF 1944 at left. A large circular red official seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines is applied to the right, with a red serial number and three manuscript signatures below identifying the Acting Treasurer, Governor (Chairman), and Provincial Auditor. |
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| Obverse lettering | TREASURY EMERGENCY CURRENCY CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES THIS CERTIFIES THAT THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES WILL REDEEM THIS CERTIFICATE AT FACE VALUE UPON TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY FIVE PESOS PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND IN SILVER PESOS OR IN LEGAL TENDER CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES NEGROS EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD SERIES OF 1944 |
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The Negros Emergency Currency Board was one of several provincial currency authorities established in the Philippines after the Japanese occupation disrupted normal monetary channels. Negros Occidental operated with unusual administrative continuity under guerrilla governance, and its emergency issues were backed — at least nominally — by provincial funds rather than pure fiat authority.
The red seal on this series is a series distinguisher, not a security variant. Forgery of these provincial guerrilla notes was a real operational concern, and the Japanese military administration actively circulated counterfeit Philippine emergency currency to undermine confidence in resistance-backed money.