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2 Pesos Blue
| Issuer | Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Size | 160 × 69 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of President Manuel L. Quezon at left, flanked by large numeral '2' underprints at both lower corners within a guilloche border frame printed in blue. A circular red official seal of the City of Bacolod is applied at right. Three facsimile signatures appear at lower centre, representing the Provincial Fiscal Member, Provincial Treasurer Chairman, and Acting Provincial Auditor Member. |
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| Reverse description | The central field is dominated by a large bold 'V' formed by two diagonal lines converging on a circular medallion bearing the Philippine eagle seal, set against a fine guilloche underprint covering the entire surface in blue. Numeral '2' appears in each corner, with denomination text printed at top and bottom. |
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Negros Occidental was one of several Philippine provinces that issued its own emergency currency after Japanese forces cut off the islands from Manila following the fall of Bataan in April 1942. These provincial issues were authorised under the pre-war Commonwealth government's contingency framework, which had granted local officials limited authority to print scrip in the event of occupation — a provision that proved genuinely useful.
The Nalco Press imprint is locally significant: the printer operated out of Bacolod and managed several of the Negros series under difficult wartime conditions. Paper supply was inconsistent throughout 1942, and surviving notes from this issue show considerable variation in stock weight.