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20 Centavos
| Issuer | Municipal Government of Macrohon, Leyte |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Value | 20 Centavos (0.20) |
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| Reverse description | Letterpress-printed reverse with a simple repeating zigzag and dot border. The denomination '20' is set in large numerals at centre, flanked by the text 'CENT' and 'AVOS'. A handwritten serial number in red ink appears at lower left preceded by 'No.', with manuscript signatures of the Mayor and Auditor below their respective designations, the latter countersigned. |
| Reverse lettering | MACROHON EMERGENCY NOTE CENT 20 AVOS NO. COUNTERSIGNED MAYOR AUDITOR |
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Municipal emergency currency from Leyte issued during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. When the Japanese Military Administration imposed its own currency — the so-called "Mickey Mouse money" — local governments and guerrilla units throughout the Visayas issued fractional scrip to keep small commerce functioning, often under direct threat of punishment from occupying forces.
Macrohon is a small coastal municipality on the southern tip of Leyte. That a community of this size produced its own denominated scrip is less remarkable than it sounds — dozens of Leyte municipalities did the same, and the survival rate of these issues is uneven at best, with many lost to the humidity and violence of the period.