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10 Centavos Green underprint
| Issuer | Province of Negros Occidental |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note on cream paper with a green underprint bearing repeated 'CENTAVOS' text across the field. The central text block carries the demand payment order in English, with the large denomination numeral '10' flanking each side and the series date 'January 13, 1942' at upper left. A dashed border frames the note, with spaces at lower left for serial number and countersignatures of the Acting Provincial Auditor and Provincial Treasurer. |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL JANUARY 13, 1942 PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TEN CENTAVOS (PHILIPPINE CURRENCY) AND CHARGE AGAINST THE DEPOSIT OF THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL WITH THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, BACOLOD BRANCH SERIES OF 1942 COUNTERSIGNED: ACTY. PROV. AUDITOR PROVINCIAL TREASURER TO THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, BACOLOD BRANCH |
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Negros Occidental was one of several Philippine provinces that issued emergency guerrilla currency after Japanese forces occupied the archipelago in early 1942, cutting off the supply of Commonwealth and US-backed notes. The provincial government organized local printing to maintain a functioning wartime economy — no small task with materials stripped down to whatever paper and ink the island could source or stockpile.
Nalco Press was a local commercial printer, not a security printer. The green underprint on this series was a rudimentary anti-counterfeiting measure, but forgery by both Japanese-aligned and opportunistic local actors was a persistent problem across all Philippine emergency issues.