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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Province of Ilocos Norte |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Currency | Peso (1941-1945) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset emergency treasury certificate printed in black letterpress on plain paper, with a large violet numeral '5.00' overprint at centre serving as the denomination indicator. The upper portion carries the issuing authority and provincial designation, with a serial number and date at left; three manuscript signature lines for the Provincial Treasurer, Provincial Auditor, and Governor are arranged across the lower portion. Corner value indicators appear at all four corners, with the denomination FIVE PESOS in letterpress along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | EMERGENCY TREASURY CERTIFICATE THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE Ilocos Norte, June 15, 1942 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE ISSUANCE of this emergency certificate for the amount of FIVE PESOS has been duly authorized by the President of the Philippines and is redeemable after the war. SEVENTH SERIES Prov. Treasurer Prov. Auditor Governor FIVE PESOS P 5.00 |
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One of a series of emergency currency issues authorized by Philippine provincial governments following the Japanese invasion of December 1941. With the Commonwealth peso system disrupted and Japanese military scrip being forced into circulation, several northern Luzon provinces printed their own notes to keep local commerce functioning. Ilocos Norte was among the more organized of these issuers.
Provincial guerrilla-era notes from this region are frequently encountered with pen signatures that vary by signatory, making consistent attribution difficult. S297 is reasonably documented, but forgeries and wartime reproductions exist within the broader Philippine emergency issue category.