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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Mindanao Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1943-1945 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Obverse lettering | FIVE PESOS TREASURY EMERGENCY CURRENCY CERTIFICATE BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES SERIES 1943 THIS CERTIFIES THAT THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES WILL REDEEM THIS CERTIFICATE AT FACE VALUE UPON TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY FIVE PESOS MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in black letterpress and enclosed within a decorative border incorporating scrollwork, floral motifs, and numeral '5' cartouches at the four corners, with scroll-and-ribbon vignettes at left and right bearing 'FIVE PESOS' inscriptions. The central text panel carries bilingual redemption and anti-counterfeiting notices in English and Visayan (Cebuano), surmounted by the issuing authority and denomination in bold display type. |
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The Mindanao Emergency Currency Board was one of several provincial bodies authorized by the Philippine government-in-exile framework to issue guerrilla currency during the Japanese occupation. These notes circulated in direct competition with Japanese Military Pesos, which the local population largely distrusted and, where possible, refused. Acceptance of guerrilla notes was itself an act of resistance — possession could bring severe consequences under occupation authorities.
Mindanao's geography, with its mountainous interior and dispersed population, made central supply lines difficult for Japanese forces to fully control, which is precisely why guerrilla currency survived longer there than in Luzon.