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The first paper money circulated in the Philippines was the Philippine peso fuerte issued in 1851 by the country's first bank, the Banco Español-Filipino. Being bimetallic and 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 ...
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.
The reverse side featured the 1993 logo of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Due to its low buying power, (an exchange rate in November 2014 gives it a value of 0.0011 USD, 0.0007 GBP, 0.000878 EUR, 0.031 THB) the coin is commonly used as a keyring decoration or as a washer due to its hole. [4]
Value: 2.00 Philippine peso: Mass: 5.00 g: Diameter: 24.00 mm: Edge: Plain (Flora and Fauna Series) Reeded (Improved Flora and Fauna Series) Composition: Copper-nickel (1983–1991) Stainless steel (1991–1994) Years of minting: 1861–1868 1983–1994: Obverse; Design: State title, Andrés Bonifacio, year of minting: Design date: 1991 ...
The Philippine five-peso coin (₱5) is the third-largest denomination of the coins of the Philippine peso.. Three versions of the coin are in circulation, the version from the BSP Series which was issued from 1995 to 2017, the original round coin from the New Generation Currency Coin Series issued from 2017 to 2019 and the nonagonal (9-sided shape) version since 2019.
The ten-sentimo coin (10¢) coin is a denomination of the Philippine peso. It was the oldest denomination under 1 peso in the country's circulation, having been introduced in 1880 during the Spanish rule of the islands until it stopped being minted in 2017. The denomination remains legal tender until the demonetization of the BSP Coin Series.
The Philippine one-peso coin (₱1) is the fourth-largest denomination coin of the Philippine peso. The current version, issued in 2018, features a portrait of Philippine national hero, José Rizal on the obverse. The reverse side features the Waling-waling orchid and the current logo of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
The twenty-five-sentimo coin (25¢) is the third-lowest denomination coin of the Philippine peso.. During Spanish administration, coins valued at 1 ⁄ 4 a Spanish dollar (or peso), equivalent to two reales, issued by Spain and Spanish America, were generally accepted in the Philippines as 25 centimos.