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  2. Coins of the Philippine peso - Wikipedia

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    In copper: 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2 cuartos; 20 cuartos in a real and 160 cuartos in a peso. The Casa de Moneda de Manila (or Manila mint) was founded in 1857 in order to supply smaller Philippine currency after the California gold rush of 1848 made silver more expensive and drained the colony of silver and small gold coins.

  3. Commemorative coins of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The coins are minted under a licensing agreement with the Vatican. Both coins are legal tender. [3] [4] Production and issuance of two additional silver and gold coins in 1000-peso and 10,000-peso denominations were called off due to limitations in the procurement process. [5]

  4. Philippine one-peso coin - Wikipedia

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    1-peso coin issued under Spanish administration, 1864. Prior to 1861, Spanish dollars (pesos) or eight-real coins issued by Spain and Spanish America were generally accepted in the Philippines. In 1861, a gold 1-peso coin specifically for the Philippines was issued weighing 1.69 grams (0.060 oz) of 0.875 fine gold.

  5. Philippine real - Wikipedia

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    These were called barrillas and first appeared in 1728 in denominations of 1 ⁄ 2 quarto (1 octavo) and 1, 2 and 4 quartos. 20 quartos made up 1 real, hence 160 quartos to a peso. Coins from other Spanish colonies that reached the Philippines were counterstamped. From 1828, the word "MANILA" was stamped on the coins.

  6. Manila Mint - Wikipedia

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    In 1920, the Manila Mint was reopened under United States auspices, [1] and was the first (and to date only) U.S. branch mint located outside the Continental United States. It produced coins until 1922 and then again from 1925 to 1941, when the Japanese Empire invaded the Philippines during World War II. The mint was operated under Japanese ...

  7. Philippine twenty-five-centavo coin - Wikipedia

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    The twenty-five-sentimo coin (25¢) is the third-lowest denomination coin of the Philippine peso. During Spanish administration, coins valued at 14 a Spanish dollar (or peso ), equivalent to two reales , issued by Spain and Spanish America, were generally accepted in the Philippines as 25 centimos.

  8. New Design series - Wikipedia

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    The New Design Series (NDS) (also known as the BSP Series after the establishment of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) was the name used to refer to the banknotes of the Philippine peso conceptualized from 1983 to 1985, issued from 1985 to 2013 and circulated from 1985 to 2019 including commemorative notes, and coins issued from 1995 to 2017.

  9. New Generation Currency Series - Wikipedia

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    The composition is nickel-plated steel, has diameter of 25 mm, and mass of 7.4 grams. Due to the confusion of the 5-piso coin bearing similarities with the 1-piso coin (mainly caused by its similar size), the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has reissued the 5-piso coin in a nonagonal (9-sided shape) into circulation on December 17, 2019.