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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in typeset letterpress within a double-line rectangular border formed by a repetitive dot-and-dash guilloche pattern. The denomination is stated in two large bold lines reading 'FIFTY' and 'CENTAVOS' at centre, with 'COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES' interposed between them. The numeral '50' appears in the four corners, while 'CENTAVOS' is printed vertically along both side margins. The legend 'EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1942' runs along the lower portion, and '50¢' appears in bold type at lower left and lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 FIFTY COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES CENTAVOS EMERGENCY CIRCULATING NOTE OF 1942 50¢ CENTAVOS |
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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.