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20 Centavos
| Issuer | Headquarters Volunteer Service Corps USAFFE, Pambujan Sur, Samar |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 20 Centavos (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | HEADQUARTERS VOLUNTEER SERVICE CORPS USAFFE IN THE FIELD PAMBUJAN SUR, SAMAR, PHILIPPINES NOV 15, 1942 SERIAL NO. CIRCULATING NOTES HEADQUARTERS VOLUNTEER SERVICE CORPS USAFFE will pay the bearer on demand TWENTY CENTAVOS 20¢ S/1942 Finance Officer Commanding Officer Adjutant |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted paper in a warm tan tone, with a single large circular violet handstamp applied at centre reading 'HEADQUARTERS VOLUNTEER SERVICE CORPS' around the perimeter and enclosing an eagle-and-shield vignette, mirroring the seal on the obverse. Light show-through of the obverse text is visible, and scattered ink marks and soiling are consistent with wartime circulation. |
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One of dozens of guerrilla emergency currencies issued across the Philippine islands following the fall of Bataan in April 1942, this note was produced locally by the Headquarters Volunteer Service Corps under the United States Armed Forces in the Far East umbrella — a loose authorization that gave provincial commanders considerable latitude to print their own money. Pambujan Sur, a small municipality on the northern coast of Samar, was well outside Japanese-controlled population centers for much of the occupation, which made local scrip both necessary and viable.
The paper, ink, and printing quality on Samar guerrilla issues vary dramatically even within a single series. Pambujan Sur notes are among the less-documented provincial emissions, with surviving examples scarce enough that population data remains effectively unknown.