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From September 30, 1983 to April 1, 1991 and April 1991 to 1994, two new one peso coins were issued, the latter of a smaller size concurrent to the last four years of the series. The obverse now features the year of minting and a profile of Rizal faced on the right on the obverse.
The 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 centavo coins were struck in bronze, the 5 centavo struck in copper (75%) - nickel (25%), the 10, 20, 50 centavo and peso coins were struck in a silver composition. From 1903 to 1906, the silver coins had a silver content of 90%, while those struck after 1906 had a reduced silver content of 75% for 10 through 50 centavos and ...
30.6 mm 12.5 g 90% silver 1 peso: 1961 100th Anniversary of Birth of Jose Rizal: 100,000 38 mm 26.4 g 90% silver: 1 peso: 1963 100th Anniversary of Birth of Andres Bonifacio: 100,000 38 mm 26.4 g 1 peso: 1964 100th Anniversary of Birth of Apolinario Mabini: 100,000 38 mm 26.4 g 1 peso: 1967 25th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan (Araw ng ...
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.
In 1947, a new issue of silver coins was struck, with the 50 centavo and 1 peso in .500 fineness and a new 5-peso coin in .900 fineness. A portrait of José María Morelos appeared on the 1 peso, with Cuauhtémoc appearing on the 5-peso; and this was to remain a feature of the 1 peso coin until its demise. The silver content of this series was ...
The diameter of the coins are 27 mm (1.1 in), and a mass of 8.0 grams (0.28 oz). The coins' edges are reeded with edge lettering. The obverse side of the coin features a portrait of only Apolinario Mabini, unlike before in the BSP Coin series which also featured a profile of Andrés Bonifacio alongside Mabini.
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Concurrent with these events is the establishment of the Casa de Moneda de Manila in the Philippines in 1857, the mintage starting 1861 of gold 1, 2 and 4 peso coins according to Spanish standards (the 4-peso coin being 6.766 grams of 0.875 gold), and the mintage starting 1864 of fractional 50-, 20- and 10-céntimo silver coins also according ...