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20 Centavos
| Issuer | Municipality of Oras, Samar |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Typeset emergency issue printed in black on plain paper, with a simple ruled rectangular border enclosing the entire design. The denomination '20 CENTAVOS' is set in large bold letterpress type at centre, flanked on each side by numeral '20' in decorative corner panels with the words 'TWENTY CENTAVOS' running vertically along the left and right margins. Below the denomination appears a redemption pledge text, with three manuscript signatures at the foot attributed to the Municipal Mayor, Battalion Commander, and Municipal Treasurer. |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse with a faint blue-grey ruled grid pattern as underprint across the entire surface. A large black rubber stamp impression is applied diagonally at centre, the text of which is partially legible but appears to be an official validation or cancellation mark. |
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Municipal emergency currency of this kind proliferated across the Philippine provinces after the Japanese occupation disrupted the existing monetary supply. Local governments were left to improvise, and Oras — a small coastal municipality on the eastern shore of Samar — was among dozens that issued their own scrip to keep commerce functioning. These notes had no backing institution behind them beyond the authority and solvency of the issuing municipality itself.
Samar saw some of the war's most brutal guerrilla activity, and municipal records from this period were largely destroyed. Surviving examples of Oras scrip are accordingly rare.