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10 Centavos Emergency Script of the Philippines
| Issuer | Sub-province of Apayao |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress-printed note on light paper with a serrated border running along all four edges. The denomination "P0.10" appears at each corner, with "TEN CENTAVOS ONLY" across the top and bottom margins. The central text block reads "EMERGENCY SCRIPT OF THE PHILIPPINES / Issued by authority of the President of the Philippines to meet prescribed budget," followed by three manuscript signatures above the printed titles of Treasurer, Auditor, and Deputy-Governor. |
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| Reverse description | Plain letterpress-printed reverse on light paper with a serrated border matching the obverse. The denomination "P0.10" appears at each corner, with "TEN CENTAVOS ONLY" running across the top and bottom margins. The central text states the redemption promise, followed by a handwritten serial number and the series designation "Series 'A'" printed below. |
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Apayao was among several Philippine sub-provinces that issued emergency guerrilla currency during the Japanese occupation, operating under the authority of the Commonwealth government-in-exile framework. These notes were printed locally with whatever materials were available — which is precisely why paper quality, ink consistency, and typography vary so dramatically between surviving examples of this series.
The S121 designation places this within the Mindanao and Other Islands emergency issues catalogued by Pick, though Apayao sits in the Cordillera region of northern Luzon — a reminder that the S-prefix groupings reflect collector convention more than strict geography.