Catalog
50 Centavos
| Issuer | Cebu Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The note is framed by a decorative guilloche border with the denomination numeral '50' repeated in each corner and 'CENTAVOS' running vertically along both side margins. A circular bank seal vignette is positioned at upper centre, flanked by the main text block. The denomination 'FIFTY CENTAVOS' is printed in bold letterpress at centre, with a handwritten serial number in red ink below the text, and three manuscript signatures with printed role titles along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1941 THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND FIFTY CENTAVOS IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES CEBU CURRENCY COMMITTEE |
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The Cebu Currency Committee was one of several provincial emergency bodies that issued guerrilla and civilian currency in the Philippines following the Japanese invasion in late 1941. This 50 Centavos note belongs to that first wave of emergency issues — produced before the full collapse of American-Philippine military resistance and the occupation of Cebu in April 1942. The currency committees operated under extreme resource constraints, printing on whatever paper was available locally.
Cebu issues are among the better-documented provincial emergencies in the S-prefix Philippine catalog, though survival rates vary sharply by denomination.