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| Emittent | Mindanao Emergency Currency Board |
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| Jahr | 1944 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Material | Paper |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | The obverse is printed in olive-green on plain paper, with a decorative border of repetitive ornamental scroll and geometric patterns framing the entire note. At upper left, a circular seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines is set within the border, while the central field bears the text authority of the Treasury Emergency Currency Certificate redeemable at face value upon termination of emergency. Three manuscript signatures appear at the bottom, attributed to B. Pacana (Member), Florentino Saguin (Chairman), and I. Barbasa (Member), with the issuing authority MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD inscribed above them. |
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| Unterschrift(en) | B. Pacana and Florentino Saguin and I. Barbasa |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Mindanao Emergency Currency Board was one of several provincial currency authorities that sprang up across the Philippine islands following the Japanese occupation of Manila in early 1942. Cut off from the Commonwealth government and its banking infrastructure, regional boards improvised their own notes to keep local economies functioning — and to deny the Japanese military scrip any more traction than necessary.
Mindanao issues are among the more obscure of the Philippine guerrilla currency series. Three signatures on a single note is unusual for emergency issues of this period and suggests a deliberate accountability structure in an environment where financial trust was understandably fragile. Pacana, Saguin, and Barbasa have not been extensively documented in English-language numismatic literature, which makes attribution of their precise administrative roles difficult.
By 1944 — when this note was issued — American forces were pressing back toward the Philippines, and the practical lifespan of any new emergency currency was already limited.