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20 Centavos
| Issuer | Headquarters Volunteer Service Corps USAFFE, Pambujan Sur, Samar |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset emergency issue on plain paper with a repetitive letterpress border of 'PP' characters framing the note on all sides. Black text carries the issuing authority, place, date, and promise-to-pay legend, with the large denomination numeral '20¢' applied as a bold violet handstamp at centre-right, partially overlapping a circular violet official seal of the Headquarters Volunteer Service Corps USAFFE bearing an eagle-and-shield vignette. Three manuscript signatures appear along the lower margin above their respective printed role titles: Finance Officer, Commanding Officer, and Adjutant. |
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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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