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50 Centavos
| Uitgever | Masbate Consolidated Mining Company |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1941 |
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| Valuta | Philippine Peso (1903-1967) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Plain paper token note printed in green ink with a simple typeset layout. The issuer's name 'THE MASBATE CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY' is set in large bold letters across the centre, above the promise text 'WILL PAY TO THE BEARER THE SUM OF FIFTY CENTAVOS' and the authorisation line 'AS AUTHORIZED BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT'. Denomination '₱0.50' appears in the upper left and upper right corners, with 'TOKEN NOTE' inscribed across the top centre; a decorative border of repeated guilloche-style dots frames the entire note. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Reverse printed in green ink on plain paper, with 'TOKEN NOTE' and denomination '₱0.50' at top left and right. The central field carries a brief authority text referencing the Philippine Government and provides three manuscript signature lines below, designated respectively 'PAYMASTER', 'OFFICE MANAGER', and 'GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT', separated by ruled lines. The same dotted guilloche border found on the obverse frames the reverse. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Masbate Consolidated Mining Company operated gold mines on Masbate Island in the central Philippines and issued scrip to pay workers — a common practice among remote extractive operations where Bangko Sentral currency was scarce or impractical to distribute. This 50 Centavos note is part of a small emergency series dated 1941, issued just months before the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in December of that year effectively ended the company's operations.
Most mine scrip of this type was redeemed, lost, or destroyed during the occupation. Surviving examples from the P#S451 series are genuinely uncommon, partly because the issuer ceased to function as a going concern almost immediately after these notes entered circulation.