Bohol Province (Bohol Island) 1942 Series

This is the complete set of 1942 Bohol Province provincial issue. The following information that I will give still came from "Philippine emergency and guerrilla currency of World War II" by Shafer Neil. This is the first Provincial issue(1942) and the other one is in 1943.

Face: This is a wood plate print in dark brown, two red printed serial numbers, printed signatures of the board as follows:

D. Ramos, Prov. Auditor, Chairman

J. Borromeo, Prov. Fiscal(roughly equivalent to District Attorney), Member

(illegible), Actg. Prov. Treas., Member

There are minor variations in numeral style and spacing in serial numbers. 1, 5 and 10 Pesos are titled TREASURY EMERGENCY CURRENCY CERTIFICATE.

Back: Wood plate print in brow, stamped and or hand signed initials or names across.

Size: 120-123/60-63mm for notes under 1 Peso; larger notes 153-155/67-68mm.

Paper: Plain brown.

10 Centavos:

25 Centavos (Believed to be the only note of this denomination in the entire guerilla series):

50 Centavos:

1 Peso:

1 Peso Size Variation(reduced ):

5 Pesos:

10 Pesos:

I hope you've learned something about this paper notes. Despite how hard it would have been to create such currency during that time, still this a part of the Philippine history that should be shown and shared with others.