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1 Peso
| Issuer | Bohol Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse description | The face is dominated by a central text block carrying the denomination ONE PESO in bold letterpress, with the full authorizing legend arranged in multiple lines above and below. The Commonwealth of the Philippines seal appears as a circular vignette at the right, while the numeral "1" and the word PESO repeat in the side panels as decorative denomination markers. Three facsimile signature lines for the Acting Provincial Treasurer, Provincial Auditor (Chairman), and Provincial Fiscal appear along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The back is printed in a single olive-brown tone with a bold central denomination panel displaying ONE PESO and PHILIPPINES in large letterpress type, surmounted by the issuing authority text and the place of issue. The word ONE and the numeral 1 are repeated in the vertical side panels as corner fillers, and a simple ruled border frames the entire design. The overall layout is typographic, without pictorial vignettes. |
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The Bohol Emergency Currency Board was one of dozens of provincial and municipal currency authorities that sprang up across the Philippine islands following the Japanese invasion of December 1941. With the Commonwealth peso in short supply and Japanese military scrip being forced into circulation, local governments on islands like Bohol were effectively left to fend for themselves financially. These emergency boards operated under improvised conditions — often using whatever paper stock and printing equipment was locally available.
Bohol's issues are among the more obscure of the Philippine guerrilla and emergency currency series. Most surviving examples show heavy handling; the paper used was rarely archival quality to begin with.