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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Municipal Government of Ubay, Bohol |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 10 Centavos (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF UBAY, BOHOL WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN TEN CENTAVOS IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES UBAY EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD SERIES 1943 |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse in coarse buff paper, bearing only a large handwritten or rubber-stamped numeral "10" with a cent sign at right of centre, accompanied by faint handwritten notations along the left margin. The surface shows heavy wear consistent with wartime circulation. |
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Municipal emergency currency from the Japanese occupation period. When Imperial Japanese forces occupied the Philippines and imposed military scrip, many isolated municipalities — particularly those in Visayas — cut off from Manila and from each other, improvised their own local exchange media to keep small-denomination trade functional. Ubay, a coastal municipality on Bohol's northeastern shore, was remote enough that central supply was unreliable.
These municipal guerrilla-era notes were typically produced on whatever paper was available, hand-stamped or typewritten, and authorized by the local mayor or treasurer. Survival rates are low — not from heavy circulation, but from deliberate destruction after liberation, when holders feared association with occupation-era documents.