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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Negros Occidental Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S621 |
| Obverse description | Black letterpress note with an ornate guilloche border running along all four edges, with denomination numerals "10" in the upper corners and "10¢" in the lower corners. The bank title "Philippine National Bank" is set in a bold script typeface beneath the header "EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1941", with the promise-to-pay text and denomination "Ten Centavos" in large display type at centre. Three signature lines at the bottom identify the Provincial Fiscal, Acting Manager of the P.N.B. Bacolod Branch (Chairman), and Acting Provincial Auditor as members of the Negros Occidental Currency Committee, with serial number "19478" printed vertically on both side margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | TEN CENTAVOS PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1941 THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK WILL PAY THE BEARER TEN CENTAVOS ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES NEGROS OCCIDENTAL CURRENCY COMMITTEE TEN CENTAVOS |
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When Japanese forces invaded the Philippines in December 1941, provincial governments and local committees scrambled to issue emergency currency before existing coin stocks disappeared into hoarding or military requisition. The Negros Occidental Currency Committee was one of dozens of such bodies that printed guerrilla or emergency notes to keep local commerce moving — the Filma Press in Bacolod City, a civilian commercial printer, was pressed into service for the purpose.
These fractional centavo notes are among the smallest-denomination emergency issues from the Philippine occupation period. Low face value and fragile paper meant most were used hard and discarded quickly.