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Gold and silver coins brought to it by Spain, China and neighboring countries were in circulation. Denominations consisted of In gold escudos: 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4, 8 escudos; each escudo worth approximately 2 silver pesos or 16 reales. In silver reales: 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4, 8 reales; one peso equals 8 reales.
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 ...
Coins minted in San Francisco had a small "S" mintmark placed to the left of the date; Philadelphia coins were without a mintmark. In 1904 all Spanish and other foreign coinage was demonetized. The territorial coinage minted for the Philippines was locked in an exchange rate of two Pesos to one Dollar, and issued in denominations of Half, One ...
1983: BSP reintroduces 50¢ coins as part of the Flora and Fauna Series. [7] The coin has the profile of Marcelo del Pilar on the obverse and the Pithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine eagle) on the reverse. [8] 1991: Improved Flora and Fauna Series, [9] features the same designs on both the obverse and reverse, but was minted in brass instead of ...
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 banknotes of the Philippine peso issued from 1985 to 2013 and the coins of the Philippine peso issued from 1995 to 2017. The coins were minted and issued from c. December 1995 to November 30, 2017 ...
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Struck in copper-nickel, the obverse side of the coin features the state title, the denomination and a portrait of José Rizal. The reverse side of the coin features the Coat of arms of the Philippines. The first version, minted from 1975 to 1978, featured a scroll with the inscription Republika ng Pilipinas (Republic of the Philippines).
5-Piso Bagong Lipunan Coin, 50, 1000 and 5000 Peso Commemorative Coins (1978) 7: 11: Corazon C. Aquino: Commemorative 25-Piso Coin with Ronald Reagan (1986)