Philippine Money and Currency - PESO Bills and Coins

Philippine Money and Currency - PESO Bills and Coins

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Philippine Peso BILLS | Philippine Peso COINS

LETTER P is the symbol for PESO with two horizontal strikethrough lines. It is sometimes shown as a P with just one
strikethrough line or just a P with no strikethrough lines at all since there are problems with font support. The ISO 4217 code
for the Philippine peso is PHP. Philippine currency exists as both coins and bank notes (or bills). The peso or piso is equal to
100 centavos or sentimo. Centavos are practically worthless and as such, most centavo coins are not used that often in
everyday business.

Below is a description of all coins and bank notes (bills) that are in or were newly in circulation. The sizes of coins varies but
all bank notes or bills should be assumed to be 160 mm by 66 mm in size unless purposely stated otherwise.

PHILIPPINE BILLS OR BANK NOTES

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VALUE FRONT image FRONT description BACK image BACK description Color

5 PESOS Emilio Aguinaldo Declaration of Philippine Green

or limang piso Philippine 1st president. At the Independence
right is an illustration of a cannon Aguinaldo displays the
and of an histocial marker of the Philippine flag from the
First Republic 1898 - 1901. balcony of his house and
proclaims independence from
Spain to the Filipino masses
below

10 PESOS Apolinario Mabini (left) and Barosoain Church where Brown

or sampung piso Andres Bonifacio (right) Items proclamation of Malolos
relating to Katipunan are shown Constitution and organization
on the right side. of the Congress of First
Republic. Blood Compact of
the Katipuneros. To the right
(not on older bills), Filipino
revolutionaries get together
under the Katipunan banner.

20 PESOS Manuel L. Quezon Malacañang Palace Orange

or dalawam-pung Philippine 2nd president and
piso Commonwealth 1st president.
The image on the right shows
the establishment of the
Commonwealth (a Coat of Arms)
and the 1935 Constitution.

50 PESOS Sergio Osmena National Museum Red

or Commonwealth 2nd President. (historically and formerly the
limam- Assumed office upon the death Old Congress Building)
pung piso of Manuel Quezon.

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100 PESOS Manuel Roxas
or The image on the right shows a
sandaang piso crowd watching the lowering of
the US flag and the raising of the
Philippine flag demonstrating the
end of the Commonwealth and
the beginning of the Third
Republic of the Philippines.
200 PESOS Diosdado Macapagal
or On the right is the Aguinaldo
dalawan- daang piso mansion where in 1898
Aguinaldo proclaimed
independence from Spain.
Macapagal moved
Independence Day from July 4 to
June 12.
500 PESOS Benigno Ninoy S. Aquino Jr.
or dove on the left and philippine
liman- flag on the right
daang piso
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Central Bank of the Purple
Philippines
or Banko Central ng Pilipinas
Philippine EDSA Revolution Green
2
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,
Diosdado Macapagal's
daughter, is under oath as
president in conlcusion to the
EDSA 2 revolution. This bill is
no longer being printed.
Philippine Unity - Ninoy's Yellow
aspirations:
On the top left, Filipinos of
different faiths and class of
society, civilian and military are
seen standing united. In the
centre, a mother and a boy
give flowers to two soldiers,
representing the longing for a
democratic and peaceful
nation. In the bottom left, part
of an article from Ninoy's years
as a journalist covering the war
in Korea. In the top right is a
girl holding a book with the
words Study Now Pay Later
which refers to an education
bill Ninoy sponsored. In the
bottom right are the
Concepcion Municipal Hall and
the Tarlac Capitol building
where Ninoy held the office of
Mayor and Governor
respectively. On the far right at
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the top is the dove again.

While imprisoned during
martial law Ninoy campaigned
for a seat in the Batasang
Pambansa from his cell.
During a pro-Ninoy rally
outside his cell, a dove landed
on the ledge of his cell window
and has since then become
symbolic of freedom.

1000 PESOS Three Philippine Patriots: Banaue Rice Terraces, Blue

or Chief justice Jose Abad Santos, Manunggul Jar, and Langgal
sanlibong Gen. Vicente Lim and Josefa Hut
piso Llanes Escoda. On the far right On the right there is also an
of the front side is the eternal image of a Manunggul Vase
flame. cover (a ship with two dead
people paddling to the
netherworld) and a Lanngal,
also called a Ranggar by
Maranaos. It looks like a hut
and is a Muslim place of
worship.

PHILIPPINE COINS
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Philippine peso coins are given out by the Central Bank of the Philippines or “Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas” for distribution
in the Philippines and are presently available in seven denominations.

Year
FRONT BACK
VALUE FRONT image BACK image Composition Diameter first Weight
description description
issued

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1 "1 Logo of 6% copper 15.5 mm 1995 2.0 g

CENTAVO SENTIMO", Bangko balanced
coin or Year Mark. Sentral ng steel
sentimo Pilipinas

5 "5 Words 6% copper 15.5 mm 1995 1.9 g

CENTAVO SENTIMO", "Bangko balanced
coin or Year Mark. Sentral ng steel
limang Pilipinas"
sentimo along the
border

10 "10 Logo of 6% copper 17.0 mm 1995 2.5 g

CENTAVO SENTIMO", Bangko balanced
coin or Year Mark. Sentral ng steel
sampung Pilipinas
sentimo

25 "25 Logo of 65% copper 20.0 mm 1995 3.8 g

CENTAVO SENTIMO", Bangko 35% zinc
coin or Year Mark. Sentral ng
dalawampu Pilipinas
at limang
sentimo

1 PESO Profile of Logo of 75% copper 24.0 mm 1995 6.1 g

coin Jose Rizal, Bangko 25% nickel
or Year Mark. Sentral ng
piso Pilipinas

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5 PESO Profile of Logo of 70% copper 27.0 mm 1995 7.7 g

coin Emilio Bangko 5.5% nickel
or Aguinaldo, Sentral ng 24.5% zinc
limang Year Mark. Pilipinas
piso

10 PESO Profiles of Logo of Ring: 75% 26.5mm 2000 8.7 g

coin Andres Bangko copper
or Bonifacio Sentral ng 25% nickel
sampung and Pilipinas Center: 92%
piso Apolinario copper
Mabini, 6% aluminum
Year Mark 2% nickel

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