thickness, except for a few hundred notes on white paper. Serial numbers were applied in two different styles of type. Mindanao The notes issued by the Mindanao Emergency Currency Board was created as a desire to have a uniform currency for the entire island. Authorized under Wendell Fertig's forces, the United States Forces in the Philippines (USFIP), Mindanao Emergency Currency Board notes began their first issue with an undated series printed on white paper with watermarked lines. They were issued in Dansalan, Lanao province in 1942 and were issued in denominations of 2-, 5-, 10 and 20 pesos. They were made and issued before Imperial Japanese forces arrived on Mindanao. The second issue of Mindanao Emergency Currency Board notes were printed in 1943, 1944 and 1945. They were the result of Sam Wilson's mint, also known as the "hit and run" mint, as they were on the move to prevent the confiscation of the notes and their capture by the Imperial Japanese. The series consisted of notes of various sizes, small size notes (5-, 10 and 20 centavos), medium size notes (50 centavos and 1 peso) and large size notes (2-, 5-, 10 and 20 pesos). The notes were printed on Manila paper and contain the signatures of Florentino Sanguin as chairman and F.D. Panaca and I. Barbasa as members. Notes of 50 centavos and above contain the Coat of arms of the Commonwealth of the Philippines while the smaller denominations do not. The notes of the currency board were issued throughout Mindanao in response to Wendell Fertig's forces moving from one location to another after Japanese forces retaliated on the guerrilla forces ambushing their forces and carrying out sabotage operations. Gallery The portrait printed on the Negros Occidental bill is that of Quezon, who was the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines under U.S. sovereignty. See also Philippine peso Japanese government-issued Philippine peso References External links Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas - Official website of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Philippine Guerrilla Money and WWII Currency A gallery of Philippine Guerrilla banknotes at Banknote Museum THE PHILIPPINE GUERRILLA NOTES OF MINDANAO ISLAND, John E. Sandrock - The Currency Collector Peso Modern obsolete currencies Home front during World War II Philippines currency history Banknotes of the Philippines