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1942 25 Centavos Bohol Emergency Currency Note


1942 25 Centavos with Engraver's Initial F.D. at lower left on Obverse. Handwritten Initial of Clerk, Facsimile Signature of Dalmatia Ramos and Jose C. Borromeo on reverse Bohol Emergency Currency Note

with Engraver's Initial "F.D." at lower left on Obverse. Handwritten Initial of Clerk, Facsimile Signature of Dalmatia Ramos and Jose C. Borromeo on reverse


NP ID : EB 1247
Category : Bohol
Sub Category : 1942
Denomination : 25 Centavos
Year : 1942
Signature : Dalmatia Ramos as Provincial Auditor, Chairman
Jose C. Borromeo as Provincial Fiscal, Member
Dorotea Toledo as Acting Provincial Treasurer, Member

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Paper Type : Plain Brown
Dimension : 123.83 × 65.74 mm
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Total Printed : 397.587 Official Issue
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Obverse : "The Commonwealth of the Philippines will pay to the bearer on demand Twenty Five Centavos in lawful currency of the Philippines" "Bohol Emergency Currency Board" "Series of 1942"
Reverse : "Issued by the Bohol Emergency Currency Board" "Twenty Five Centavos" "By Authority of the President of the Philippines in 1942"
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Note : Eight Varieties Exists
I. Official Issue

A. No Engraver's Initial on Obverse. Handwritten Signature of Dalmatia Ramos, Initial of Jose C. Borromeo and Dorotea Toledo on reverse for Serial Number 1 - 1100
B. No Engraver's Initial on Obverse. Handwritten Initial of Dorotea Toledo, Facsimile Signature of Dalmatia Ramos and Jose C. Borromeo on reverse for Serial Number 1101 - 3500, 4501 -21700, 22701 - 27700, 28601 -37700
C. No Engraver's Initial on Obverse. Handwritten Initial of Dorotea Toledo only on reverse for Serial Number 3601 - 4400
D. No Engraver's Initial on Obverse. Facsimile Signature of Dalmatia Ramos and Jose C. Borromeo on reverse for Serial Number 28201 - 28300
E. No Engraver's Initial on Obverse. Handwritten Initial of Dorotea Toledo, Facsimile Signature of Dalmatia Ramos and Jose C. Borromeo on reverse for Serial Number 38301 - 47500
F. No Engraver's Initial on Obverse. Handwritten Initial of Clerk, Facsimile Signature of Dalmatia Ramos and Jose C. Borromeo on reverse for Serial Number 47701 - 206200
G. with Engraver's Initial "F.D." at lower left on Obverse. Handwritten Initial of Clerk, Facsimile Signature of Dalmatia Ramos and Jose C. Borromeo on reverse for Serial Number 206301 - 397687

II. Illegal Issue (reported capture by the Japanese)

H. with Engraver's Initial "F.D." at lower left on Obverse. Handwritten Initial of Clerk, Facsimile Signature of Dalmatia Ramos and Jose C. Borromeo on reverse for Serial Number 397,688 onwards

Remarks : The only denomination of 25 Centavos in the entire Emergency Series of World War II, the rest is 20 Centavos
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