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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Free Negros Military Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | MILITARY SCRIPT OF 1943 THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TWO PESOS IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OF THE PHILIPPINES ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE IV PHILIPPINE CORPS FREE NEGROS MILITARY CURRENCY COMMITTEE Series of 1943 DIV. FINANCE OFFICER AUDITOR CHIEF OF STAFF 72 DIV. CHAIRMAN ASST. DIV. FINANCE OFFICER MEMBER |
| Reverse description | Plain black letterpress design on buff paper, framed by a double-rule inner border and an outer decorative border of repeating diamond and dot ornaments. The denomination "TWO PESOS" is set in large bold capitals at center, flanked left and right by two circular vignettes each enclosing a stylized numeral "2" with scroll-work. The issuing authority legend appears in a smaller italic typeface beneath the denomination. |
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The Free Negros Military Currency Committee was one of several provincial guerrilla administrations in the Philippine Islands that issued emergency currency following the Japanese occupation. Negros Occidental maintained a degree of organized resistance throughout the occupation, and the currency committee's notes functioned as a practical tool for paying troops and procuring supplies in the interior — not symbolic gestures but working instruments of a shadow economy.
Philippine emergency notes from this period vary wildly in rarity by issuing authority and denomination. The Negros issues tend to survive in better condition than those from provinces with heavier combat activity, though paper quality was inconsistent from the outset.