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The Philippine one hundred-peso note (Filipino: Sandaang Piso) (₱100) is a denomination of Philippine currency. Philippine president Manuel A. Roxas is currently featured on the front side of the bill, while the Mayon Volcano and the whale shark (locally known as butanding) are featured on the reverse side.
2-piso, 1981: Pope John Paul II's visit to the Philippines; 5-piso, New Design Series: 1986: President Corazon Aquino's visit to the United States; 1987: Canonization of Blessed Lorenzo Ruiz; 1989: 40th Anniversary of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; 1990: Kababaihan Para sa Kaunlaran (Women for Progress) 1990: 2nd Plenary Council of the Philippines
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.
The first paper money circulated in the Philippines was the Philippine peso fuerte issued in 1851 by the country's first bank, the El Banco Español Filipino de Isabel II. Convertible to either silver pesos or gold onzas, its volume of 1,800,000 pesos was small relative to about 40,000,000 silver pesos in circulation at the end of the 19th century.
Until the Manila mint was established in 1857 the Philippines had no money of its own. 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.
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