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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Negros Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Emergency currency certificate printed on salmon-toned paper with a decorative border of repeated ornamental motifs. The centre carries the large denomination text "TEN PESOS" above a payable-to-bearer clause issued under authority of the President of the Philippines, with the serial number in black at lower left. A circular green official seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines is applied to the right side, alongside three manuscript signatures identifying the Acting Treasurer, Governor, and Provincial Auditor, with member designations below. |
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| Reverse description | Plain salmon-toned paper reverse with a simple repeated ornamental border matching the obverse frame. The centre bears the bold serif inscription "Ten Philippines Pesos" in three lines, with the numeral "10" at each upper corner and the word "PESOS" printed vertically along both side borders. |
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The Negros Emergency Currency Board was one of several provincial bodies authorized to issue guerrilla currency during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Negros Occidental remained a significant center of organized resistance, and locally-printed notes like this one were used to sustain both civilian commerce and supply networks outside Japanese-controlled zones.
Japanese military authorities treated possession of guerrilla currency as a serious offense. That threat, combined with the crude printing conditions available on the island, means survivors are inherently attrition-scarce — many were deliberately destroyed by holders when Japanese patrols were near.