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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Bohol Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND SERIES OF 1942 50 CENTAVOS IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES BOHOL EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD ACTG. PROV. TREAS. PROV. AUDITOR PROV. FISCAL MEMBER |
| Reverse description | Black letterpress print on plain paper within a guilloche border. The four corners each carry a circular guilloche medallion bearing the numeral '50'. The centre field is occupied by the authority text in bold uppercase lettering above the large denomination inscription 'FIFTY CENTAVOS' rendered in heavy block letters with hatched shading. |
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Bohol was one of several Philippine provinces that organized its own emergency currency after the Japanese invasion cut off supply from Manila. The Bohol Emergency Currency Board issued this note in 1942 under the authority granted to local governments by the Philippine Commonwealth, which had pre-authorized provincial emergency issues precisely because a prolonged occupation was considered a real possibility.
Bohol issues are among the scarcer provincial guerrilla-era notes — the island's geographic isolation from major supply routes meant smaller print runs and limited paper stock. Many surviving examples show heavy handling from actual wartime use.