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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Mountain Province |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain field with ornamental border running the full perimeter. The denomination "TEN PESOS" is typeset in large bold letters at centre, flanked on each side by the serial number "No 1942" in two positions. The title "Mountain Province Emergency Note" appears at top with "Series A" noted at upper left and right, denomination numerals "P10p" at each corner, and signature lines for the Provincial Governor, Provincial Treasurer, Provincial Auditor, and Assistant Provincial Treasurer at the lower portion, with manuscript signatures present. |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse printed in reddish-brown on light paper, with an ornamental border enclosing the full field. The denomination "TEN PESOS" appears at top centre and is repeated at the lower centre, with corner denomination markers "P10p" at all four corners. Two blocks of legal text are arranged in the upper and lower portions of the field, above the bold centrepiece inscription "MOUNTAIN PROVINCE EMERGENCY NOTE". |
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Mountain Province was one of several Philippine provincial governments that issued emergency guerrilla currency during the Japanese occupation, authorized under the civil authority that continued to function in areas where organized resistance held ground. These notes were produced under severe material constraints — paper stocks, ink, and printing equipment were whatever could be sourced locally or salvaged.
The S604 designation places this within the broader Philippine guerrilla issues catalogued by Pick, a category where provenance and authentication matter enormously. Forgeries and later facsimiles exist, and the paper itself is often the first diagnostic.