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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Negros Occidental Provincial Currency Committee |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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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 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in grey letterpress on plain paper, with a simple rectangular border of fine guilloche patterning enclosing the denomination text. The numeral '50' appears in each upper corner, 'CENTAVOS' is printed vertically along both side margins, and the denomination '50¢' is set in large type at each lower corner. The issuing authority and note series are stated in the central field. |
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Negros Occidental was one of several Philippine provinces that issued its own emergency currency after the Japanese occupation severed normal banking and supply lines in late 1941 and early 1942. The Provincial Currency Committee operated with whatever materials and equipment were locally available — in this case, the Nalco Press, a civilian facility pressed into monetary service under wartime necessity.
These provincial guerrilla-associated issues were declared illegal tender by Japanese authorities, and civilians caught holding them risked serious consequences. That risk, combined with the fragility of wartime paper stocks, accounts for the relative scarcity of surviving examples across the entire Negros Occidental series.