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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.
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1. The Bagong Bayani Commemorative Coin in honor of Overseas Filipinos on the 5-piso circulating coin; 2. The 150th year of Philippine Hero Apolinario Mabini on the 10-piso circulating coin; and 3. The Leyte Landing which was a turning point for the liberation of the Philippines during World War II on the 5-piso circulating coin.
The Philippine peso is derived from the Spanish dollar or pieces of eight brought over in large quantities by the Manila galleons of the 16th to 19th centuries. From the same Spanish peso or dollar is derived the various pesos of Latin America, the dollars of the US and Hong Kong, as well as the Chinese yuan and the Japanese yen.
On December 22, 2014, the BSP issued three commemorative coins, a five-peso coin to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Leyte Gulf Landings, [2] a five-peso coin honoring Overseas Filipinos with the theme "Bagong Bayani" [2] and a ten-peso coin celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Apolinario Mabini. [2]
The Philippine five-peso coin (₱5) is the third-largest denomination of the coins of the Philippine peso.. Three versions of the coin are in circulation, the version from the BSP Series which was issued from 1995 to 2017, the original round coin from the New Generation Currency Coin Series issued from 2017 to 2019 and the nonagonal (9-sided shape) version since 2019.
The 20 peso coin was issued into circulation on December 17, 2019. The coin is bi-metallic, with a bronze-plated steel outer ring and a nickel-plated steel center plug, and is the second bi-metallic coin issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, after the 10 peso coin of the New Design/BSP series.
The last coins of the first peso were issued between 1954 and 1959. These were aluminum 1, 5 and 10 pesos. [9] Gold bullion coins with nominals in 100 pesos were minted between 1932 and 1980 (i.e. they survived into the periods of two later currencies). [10] In addition, there was a special issue of gold coins (100, 200 and 500 pesos) in 1968 ...