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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Municipality of Zamboanga (Province of Zamboanga) |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Plain emergency issue printed in black letterpress on white paper, with the note number and series letter 'C' in the upper left and the denomination '₱5.00' repeated in the upper right and lower left corners. The body of the note consists entirely of typeface text directing payment to the Bank of the Philippine Islands, Zamboanga Branch, dated FEB 10 1942, and countersigned below by two manuscript signatures over the printed titles 'CASHIER' and 'AGENT' on behalf of The Philippine National Bank. A cautionary clause reads 'Void if not deposited within 90 days.' |
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| Obverse lettering | ₱5.00 No. C TO THE BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ZAMBOANGA BRANCH Zamboanga P. I., FEB 10 1942 Pay to BEARER the sum of FIVE (₱5.00) PESOS. THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK By: CASHIER AGENT (Void if not deposited within 90 days) |
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Philippine municipal emergency currency issued during the Japanese occupation is a sprawling field, but Zamboanga's notes occupy a particularly grim chapter. The city fell to Japanese forces in May 1942, and any locally issued emergency peso scrip from that year was produced under extreme duress — either just before the occupation or in the chaotic weeks immediately surrounding it, when civilian authorities were still attempting to keep a functioning economy alive.
Provincial and municipal emergency notes from this period were authorized under Commonwealth of the Philippines directives, but physical printing was improvised. Many Mindanao issues used whatever paper stock and printing equipment survived the initial military disruption.