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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Free Negros Military Currency Committee / IV Philippine Corps / Army of the U.S.A. |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Unadorned reverse printed in brown ink, bordered by a continuous ornamental dot-pattern frame running the full perimeter of the note. The denomination 'TWO / PESOS' is set in bold block letterpress type at centre, flanked on each side by a circular guilloche medallion bearing the numeral '2'. Below the denomination, in smaller type, appears the issuing authority inscription 'Army of the United States of America'. |
| Reverse lettering | TWO PESOS Army of the United States of America 2 |
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Guerrilla currency from the Japanese occupation period. Following the fall of the Philippines in 1942, American and Filipino resistance forces on various islands organized their own monetary systems to maintain a functioning local economy and sustain military operations — both against Japanese scrip and against the psychological pressure of occupation. Negros Island was among the more organized of these efforts, with the IV Philippine Corps operating a semi-formal command structure that included locally printed notes.
The printing itself was improvised. Paper supplies, ink quality, and press availability varied considerably across issues, and the 711A designation distinguishes this from related Negros emissions that differ in plate detail or paper stock. Japanese forces treated possession of guerrilla currency as a punishable offense.