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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Mindanao Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 2 Pesos |
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| Obverse lettering | TREASURY EMERGENCY CURRENCY CERTIFICATE BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES THIS CERTIFIES THAT THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES WILL REDEEM THIS CERTIFICATE AT FACE VALUE UPON TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY TWO PESOS MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD SERIES 1943 |
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| Reverse lettering | ISSUED BY THE MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD PHILIPPINES TWO PESOS THIS NOTE IS REDEEMABLE AT FACE VALUE AFTER THE EMERGENCY AND WILL NOT BE DEVALUATED OR DISCRIMINATED AGAINST Kining sapia kailisan sumala sa iyang bili tapus ang kagubut ug dili kakubsan ni kaayran COUNTERFEITING OF THIS NOTE WILL BE SEVERELY PUNISHED Mabug-at nga silot ipahamtang sa maga kawat pag sundog ning sapia |
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The Mindanao Emergency Currency Board was one of several provisional civilian authorities that issued guerrilla currency in the southern Philippines following the Japanese occupation of 1942. These notes were produced under genuine wartime conditions — scarce materials, no professional printing infrastructure, and the constant threat of discovery. Possession of guerrilla currency was treated by Japanese forces as a punishable offense, which limited both circulation and survival rates.
Mindanao issues are among the more varied of the Philippine emergency series, with paper quality and printing consistency differing noticeably across batches.