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  2. Philippine peso - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. History of Philippine money - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine peso is ultimately derived from the Spanish peso 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. [1 ...

  4. List of presidents of the Philippines on currency - Wikipedia

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    This is a complete list of Philippine presidents who served by currency appearances, ... 500-Pesos Bill (1957) 5: 6: Elpidio Quirino: Commemorative 2-Piso Coin (1990 ...

  5. Banknotes of the Philippine peso - Wikipedia

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    By 1903, the American colonial Insular Government had issued Silver Certificates in denominations of 2, 5 and 10 pesos, backed by silver pesos or U.S. #eedba3 dollars at a fixed rate of ₱2/$1. The authorization of the issuance of Philippine Silver Certificates were placed on the notes, "By Authority of an Act of the Congress of the United ...

  6. Peso - Wikipedia

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    The founding of the Casa de Moneda de Manila mint in 1857 and the minting of gold 1, 2 and 4 peso coins starting 1861, and; The minting of 50, 20 and 10 centimo silver coins starting 1864. As with Mexican dollars, the Philippine unit was based on silver, unlike the United States and Canada where a gold standard operated. Thus, following the ...

  7. Coins of the Philippine peso - Wikipedia

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    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. [1]

  8. Category:Banknotes of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Philippine fifty-peso note; Philippine five hundred-peso note; Philippine five-peso note; Philippine one hundred-peso note; Philippine one thousand-peso note; History of Philippine money; Philippine ten-peso note; Philippine twenty-peso note; Philippine two hundred-peso note; Pilipino Series

  9. Philippine five hundred-peso note - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine five hundred-peso note (Filipino: Limandaang Piso) (₱500) is a denomination of Philippine currency. President Corazon Aquino and her husband, Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. are currently featured on the front side of the note, while the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and the blue-naped parrot are featured on the reverse side.