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Misamis Oriental and Mountain Provinces Next for Revision

This article is a continuation of a series of such updating my 1974 book on Philippine emergency notes that I started in 2009. It is possibly the last of its kind that I will prepare for Bank Note Reporter because I am now working together with an individual in Germany on a full revision which includes all remaining note issues not yet covered by my articles.

MISAMIS ORIENTAL PROVINCE

Misamis Oriental Province lies east of its occidental namesake straight across Iligan Bay. Its land area varies from irregularly long to very narrow in some spots.

The Oriental Misamis Currency Committee was composed of Provincial Treasurer Ubaldo D. Laya as Chairman, Provincial Auditor Agapito Flores and Provincial Fiscal Antonio Tann Yacapin as members.

There were two issues. The first, dated Series of 1941, amounted to

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