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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Mindanao Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1943 |
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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 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 SERIES 1943 CC 264687 Member Chairman Member |
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| Reverse lettering | ISSUED BY THE MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD PHILIPPINES FIVE PESOS This note is redeemable at face value after the emergency and will not be devaluated or discriminated against. Kining sapt-a kallisan sumala sa iyang bili tapus ang kazubut ug dili kakubsan ni kaayran Counterfeiting of this note will be severely punished Mabug-at nga silot ipahamtang sa mga kawat pag sundog r-ng sapia |
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The Mindanao Emergency Currency Board was one of several guerrilla currency authorities operating in the southern Philippines after the Japanese occupation. These notes were produced under wartime conditions with whatever materials were locally available, which is why paper quality and print consistency vary so sharply across surviving examples — this was not a printing house operation but an improvised civil resistance measure.
Japanese military authorities declared all guerrilla currency illegal, and possession could mean execution. That threat suppressed circulation but also meant many notes were hidden rather than spent, which accounts for the range of preservation states seen today.
Pick 507 falls within the broader MECB series documented for 1943 Mindanao issues.