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20 Centavos
| Issuer | Mindanao Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Plain light paper note with a simple typeset design. The central text block certifies that the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines will redeem the certificate at face value upon termination of Emergency, with the denomination TWENTY CENTAVOS and issuer name MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD printed in bold letterpress. Denomination numerals 20 appear at each corner, with a guilloche border running along all four edges; a serial number with letter prefix G appears at the lower right, and a signature panel at the lower left bears the names of the Chairman and Members. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is typeset on plain paper with a Greek-key patterned border along all edges. The denomination 20¢ appears in each corner, with TWENTY CENTAVOS and the issuing authority ISSUED BY THE MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD PHILIPPINES at the top. A central italic text block states the note is redeemable at face value after the emergency and will not be devalued or discriminated against, with a counterfeiting warning below, and the word TWENTY in bold at the foot. |
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The Mindanao Emergency Currency Board was one of several provincial and local bodies that issued guerrilla currency during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. These notes had no backing beyond the authority of resistance-aligned officials and the confidence of civilians in remote areas still outside firm Japanese control. Mindanao's geography — fragmented, heavily forested, and difficult to occupy uniformly — made such local monetary arrangements viable longer than in Luzon.
Three signatures appear on this note, which was unusual among guerrilla issues and reflects a deliberate effort to project institutional legitimacy under occupation conditions.