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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Mindanao Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Currency | Peso (1941-1945) |
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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 FIVE PESOS SERIES 1943 C |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in black on plain paper, the reverse carries a symmetrical decorative border of scrollwork and foliate vignettes at the top and bottom margins, with the denomination numeral '5' in bold shield cartouches at each corner. The central field bears bilingual text in English and Visayan (Cebuano), setting out the redemption pledge and anti-counterfeiting warning. A blue control stamp is visible at centre. |
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The Mindanao Emergency Currency Board was one of several provincial and regional bodies that sprang up across the Philippine islands after the Japanese occupation disrupted normal banking and commerce in 1942. These guerrilla-backed currency issues had real institutional weight — they were not informal scrip but were tied to the ongoing resistance administration, and the United States Army Forces in the Far East recognized their legitimacy as instruments of civil continuity under occupation.
Mindanao's geographic isolation from Luzon meant the island's guerrilla networks maintained unusual cohesion and organizational depth, which gave notes like this one genuine circulation life rather than symbolic existence. The three-signature format reflects a deliberate accountability structure, not ceremonial practice.