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20 Centavos
| Issuer | United States Forces in the Philippines – Central Negros Sector |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed emergency chit in black ink on pink paper. The centre carries the bold block-letter text identifying the issuing authority and denomination, flanked by corner numeral counters and simple scroll vignettes. Three manuscript signatures appear at the foot, attributed to the Executive Officer, Finance Officer, and Commanding Officer. |
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| Reverse lettering | CERTIFICATION THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE AMOUNT SHOWN HEREON REPRESENTS ONE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY PESOS OF PHILIPPINE TREASURY EMERGENCY CERTIFICATE NO. SERIES OF 1942 NEGROS EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD DEPOSITED AT THE HQ 5, 70TH INF. (CNS) BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER |
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The Central Negros Sector guerrilla currency was produced under American officers who had evaded Japanese capture after the fall of the Philippines in 1942 and reorganized resistance forces across the Visayas. By 1944, several Philippine guerrilla commands — operating with varying degrees of formal USAFFE authorization — were issuing their own emergency notes to pay troops and procure supplies from local civilians, who were expected to accept them on the promise of postwar redemption.
The S743 designation places this within the broader Philippine guerrilla emergency issues catalogued by Pick, a category notorious for printing irregularities, paper shortages, and improvised production. Redemption after liberation was uneven; some series were honored fully, others only partially.