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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Mindanao Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 5 Centavos |
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| Obverse description | Plain white note with a simple typeset and letterpress design enclosed within a decorative guilloche border. The central text certifies that the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines will redeem the certificate at face value upon termination of emergency, with the denomination FIVE CENTAVOS printed in bold capitals and the issuer name MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD below. To the right, the printed names of the Chairman and Members appear alongside a serial number, with the Chairman's manuscript signature overlaid across the lower left portion. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a simple letterpress style within a matching guilloche border, with the denomination numerals 5 at each corner. The central text states the note is issued by the Mindanao Emergency Currency Board, Philippines, followed by a redemption pledge in italic script and a counterfeiting warning in bold type at the foot. |
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| Comments |
The Mindanao Emergency Currency Board was one of several guerrilla-administered issuing authorities operating in the southern Philippines during the Japanese occupation. These boards functioned under the authority of the Commonwealth government-in-exile and the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, producing notes to sustain local economies and pay resistance fighters while Japanese military scrip was being imposed as the official currency.
Mindanao's relative geographic fragmentation made it a stronghold for sustained guerrilla activity longer than most Philippine regions — and that same fragmentation produced a proliferation of locally issued emergency notes, many printed on whatever paper was available. Survival rates vary sharply by district and printing run.
Three signatories across Chairman and Member lines is consistent with the board's formal structure, though Saguin's tenure and the board's exact operational period remain only partially documented.