Philippines WWII 1942 1 Peso Bohol Emergency Currency Certificate

• Issuing Authority: Bohol Emergency Currency Board (Issued by authority of the President of the Philippines)

• Territory / Region: Island Province of Bohol (Tagbilaran, Bohol)

• Denomination: One Peso (1 Peso)

• Series / Authorization: Series of 1942

• Catalog Reference: Pick # S135 (Specialized Issues / Philippine Guerrilla & Emergency Currency)

• Serial Number: № 228056 (Printed twice in vertical red-orange typography flanking the central denomination)

• Board Officials (Face):

  • Actg. Prov. Treas. / Member

  • Prov. Auditor / Chairman (printed initial/facsimile)

  • Prov. Fiscal / Member (printed facsimile signature)

• Reverse Validation: Contemporary hand-inked security initials/paraphs (rúbricas) at the top and bottom applied by provincial registry officers before issuing into circulation.

• Legal Obligation Text:

  "Treasury Emergency Certificate / The Commonwealth of the Philippines / Will pay to the bearer on demand ONE PESO in lawful currency of the Philippines / Bohol Emergency Currency Board."

• Emblem / Seal: Commonwealth of the Philippines / United States circular seal at the bottom left.

• Reverse Inscriptions:

  "Issued by the Bohol Emergency Currency Board / By Authority of the President of the Philippines / ONE PESO / PHILIPPINES"

• Paper / Print Execution: Coarse, fibrous local emergency pulp/Manila craft paper printed via local provincial letterpress.

Historical Context & Connection to Your 5 Pesos

• Fractional Companion: This 1 Peso note forms a direct denomination pair with the 1942 5 Pesos Bohol note you just reviewed.

• Early Resistance Phase: Authorized by President Manuel L. Quezon in early 1942 to sustain the local island economy after Japanese forces severed Bohol from national financial channels in Manila.

• Circulating Workhorse: While 5 Pesos and 50 Pesos notes were larger store-of-value instruments, the 1 Peso bill was the everyday workhorse used for market provisions, rations, and guerrilla field supplies across Tagbilaran and rural resistance camps.