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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Leyte Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue and red on plain paper, the obverse carries the large denomination numerals XX at the left and right margins, framing a central text panel enclosed within a fine guilloche border. The panel bears the legends TREASURY EMERGENCY CURRENCY CERTIFICATE and BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, with a serial number flanking the country name. Below, a redemption clause and the denomination TWENTY PESOS PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES are inscribed, with three manuscript signatures at the foot attributed to the Provincial Treasurer, Deputy Auditor Chairman, and Provincial Fiscal. |
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| Obverse lettering | TWENTY PESOS 1942 TREASURY EMERGENCY CURRENCY CERTIFICATE BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES THIS CERTIFIES THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT WILL REDEEM THIS CERTIFICATE AT FACE VALUE UPON TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY TWENTY PESOS PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES PROV. TREASURER DEPUTY AUDITOR CHAIRMAN PROV. FISCAL |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in dark blue, the reverse is dominated by a dense geometric guilloche pattern of interlocking diagonal lattice bands filling the central field, with a circular vignette at centre bearing the denomination PESOS. Corner panels each carry the numeral 20, while a ribbon cartouche at the top reads TWENTY PESOS and ISSUED BY THE LEYTE EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD / TACLOBAN / PHILIPPINES, with PESOS repeated at the lower left and right margins. |
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