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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Mindanao Emergency Currency Board |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | TREASURY EMERGENCY CURRENCY CERTIFICATE BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES This certifies that the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines will redeem this Certificate at face value upon termination of Emergency FIFTY CENTAVOS Series 1944 MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD FLORENTINO SAGUIN Chairman F. D. PACANA I. BARBASA Members CENTAVOS FIFTY CENTAVOS CENTAVOS |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 cts. FIFTY CENTAVOS cts. 50 MINDANAO EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD PHILIPPINES This note is redeemable at face value after the emergency and will not be devaluated or discriminated against Kining sapi-a kailisan sumala sa iyang bili tapus ang kagubut ug dili kakubsan ni kaayran Counterfeiting of this note will be severely punished Mabug-at nga silot ipahamtang sa maga kawat pag sundog ning sapia 50 cts. FIFTY CENTAVOS cts. 50 |
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The Mindanao Emergency Currency Board was one of several provincial bodies authorized to produce guerrilla currency during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. These notes were issued under extraordinarily difficult conditions — printed on whatever paper was available, often in jungle locations, to support both civilian commerce and resistance operations against Japanese forces.
Mindanao guerrilla issues are among the more documented of the Philippine emergency series, but survival rates vary sharply by denomination and print run. The 50 Centavos denomination circulated actively at the village level and took proportionally more wear than higher-value notes, which were more carefully handled.