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| Issuer | Philippine National Bank, Iloilo Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in orange-brown on plain paper, centered on a vignette of a volcano with stylized smoke rising above a landscape, flanked by ornamental borders. The upper portion carries the inscription 'PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK' in an arc, with 'Emergency Circulating Note of 1942 / Issued by Authority of the President of the Philippines' above the central text block reading 'THE Philippine National Bank WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE HUNDRED PESOS In Lawful Currency of the Philippines / ILOILO CURRENCY COMMITTEE.' Serial numbers appear in red at upper left and right, with 'Series of 1942' noted on both sides. Three manuscript signatures appear at the bottom, attributed respectively to the Provincial Auditor–Member, the Acting Manager P.N.B. Iloilo–Chairman, and the Provincial Fiscal–Member, with a handwritten place and date 'Iloilo City, Dec. 30, 1942' in red ink at right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in orange-brown on plain paper, with a large central guilloche medallion enclosing the bold numeral '100' over the word 'PESOS,' surrounded by fine lathe-work ornamental scrollwork. 'Philippine National Bank' appears in stylized script across the upper portion of the central vignette, with 'Iloilo City, Philippines' at lower left and 'December 30, 1942' at lower right. The denomination 'ONE HUNDRED PESOS' is inscribed in the top and bottom border panels, with 'P100' and 'PESOS' repeated in the side borders, and the legend 'Emergency Circulating Note of 1942' centered at the bottom. |
| Reverse lettering | ONE HUNDRED PESOS Philippine National Bank P100 PESOS Iloilo City, Philippines December 30, 1942 Emergency Circulating Note of 1942 ONE HUNDRED PESOS |
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