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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out in a typeset letterpress style with a guilloche border framing the entire note. The denomination numeral '50' appears in ornate cartouches at the upper left and lower left, with scrollwork vignettes flanking the central text block. The legend 'THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES / WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND / FIFTY CENTAVOS / IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES' is printed in bold uppercase type at centre, above the issuer name 'NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PROVINCIAL CURRENCY COMMITTEE' and three manuscript signatures with their respective titles below. A red oval handstamp reading 'CITY OF BACOLOD' is applied at upper right, and vertical serial numbers in red are printed along both side margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | FIFTY CENTAVOS EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1942 ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JANUARY 20, 1942 THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND FIFTY CENTAVOS IN LAWFUL CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PROVINCIAL CURRENCY COMMITTEE CITY OF BACOLOD Provincial Fiscal MEMBER Provincial Treasurer CHAIRMAN Ad. Prov. Auditor MEMBER |
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One of several emergency currency series authorized by provincial and local governments across the Philippines following the Japanese invasion in late 1941 and early 1942. With the Commonwealth peso effectively cut off from reliable supply and Japanese military scrip being imposed, local authorities moved quickly to issue their own notes to keep commerce functioning. The Negros Occidental series was among the more formally organized of these efforts, backed by provincial committee authority rather than issued ad hoc by individual municipalities.
Printed locally under occupation conditions, paper quality and impression consistency vary considerably across surviving examples. The S-prefix Pick designation flags it as a guerrilla or emergency issue.