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The Isabella quarter or Columbian Exposition quarter was a United States commemorative coin struck in 1893. Congress authorized the piece at the request of the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition. The quarter depicts the Spanish queen Isabella I of Castile, who sponsored Columbus's voyages to the New World.
The new coin also has the new logo of the central bank and is legal tender with the current series. [25] On December 18, 2013, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued a commemorative ten-peso coin in celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio. The coins are in the same dimensions but the design changed.
In order to remedy this damage in the monetary situation, Queen Isabella II issued a decree in 1857 ordering the founding of the Casa de Moneda de Manila in the Philippines in order to coin gold 1-, 2- and 4-peso coins according to Spanish standards (the 4-peso coin being 6.766 grams (0.2387 oz) of 0.875 gold).
On March 5, 1862, permission was also granted to coin silver coinage, which began in 1864 for the ten and twenty Centavo denominations, and 1865 for fifty Centavos. The coins all bore the image of the then-reigning Spanish Monarch, Queen Isabel II. In 1868, Isabel was deposed, but the mint continued to issue coinage in all six denominations ...
The new coin also has the new logo of the central bank and is legal tender with the current series. [1] On December 18, 2013, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued a commemorative ten-peso coin in celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio. The coins are in the same dimensions, but the design changed.
Improved Flora and Fauna Series; The coin features the same designs on both the obverse and reverse, but was reduced in mass to 5.0 g, reduced in diameter to 24.0 mm, made circular in shape, and was minted in Stainless steel instead of Copper-Nickel. BSP Series; The two-peso coin was not included when the BSP Series was introduced.
The artifact includes a 1kg gold coin, ten 24-carat gold coins, and 6,426 GIA-certified diamonds. Coin worth £18.5 million with 6,000 diamonds released to mark anniversary of Queen’s death Skip ...
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