Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Printer | Nalco Press, Negros Occidental (1942) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of President Manuel L. Quezon at left centre within an ornate guilloche border, with denomination numeral "1" at lower left and right corners. A large circular red official seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, dated "City of Bacolod, Jan. 26, 1942", is applied at right. Three manuscript signatures appear at the bottom, attributed respectively to the Provincial Fiscal (Member), Provincial Treasurer (Chairman), and Acting Provincial Auditor (Member), with a diagonal repeat underprint reading "Negros Occidental" across the entire face. |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE PESO EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1942 ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JANUARY 20, 1942 THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE PESO IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PROVINCIAL CURRENCY COMMITTEE SERIES OF 1942 QUEZON Provincial Fiscal Member Provincial Treasurer Chairman Actg. Prov. Auditor Member |
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When Japanese forces swept through the Philippines in late 1941 and early 1942, they disrupted the Commonwealth currency supply entirely. Provincial and municipal authorities across the archipelago responded by issuing their own emergency guerrilla currency — Negros Occidental among them. These notes were produced under occupation conditions, with whatever printing resources remained on the island, and were explicitly intended to keep local commerce functioning outside Japanese-controlled monetary channels.
The Nalco Press imprint places production squarely on Negros itself. Paper quality and registration vary considerably across the series, a direct consequence of wartime supply constraints rather than any lapse in craft.