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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Province of Negros Oriental |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 2 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on light paper, the note carries the header 'Commonwealth of the Philippines / Province of Negros Oriental' with the date March 19, 1942 and series designation at upper right, alongside a red serial number. The denomination 'Two Pesos' is set in large bold letterpress type at centre, flanked by numeral '2 Pesos' panels on each side, with the full treasury order text below directing payment against the Provincial Treasurer's account with the Philippine National Bank, Bacolod Branch. Three manuscript signatures appear at the bottom, attributed to the Countersignor, Provincial Auditor, and Provincial Treasurer respectively, with official violet cachet stamps. |
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| Reverse lettering | TWO PESOS 2 PESOS |
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Negros Oriental was one of several Philippine provinces that issued its own emergency currency after the Japanese invasion cut off the supply of Commonwealth government notes. These provincial guerrilla issues were authorized locally and produced under occupation conditions, often on whatever paper and printing equipment remained available.
The S655 series is among the more obscure of the Negros emergency issues — the island itself was split between Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental, each producing distinct series with no coordination between them. Notes from both provinces circulated alongside each other, Japanese military pesos, and pre-war Commonwealth currency simultaneously.
Foxing and brittleness are endemic to Philippine emergency paper from this period due to wartime paper quality.