Philippines new date (2011) 1,000-peso note (B1051m) confirmed
2011-05-21
Like B1051l, but new date (2011). Courtesy of Andy Siegman.Read More…
Philippines reordering new 500- and 1,000-peso notes
2011-03-29
According to a Manila Bulletin article dated 23 March 2011, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is reordering new 500-peso (US$11.50) and 1,000-peso (US$23) notes from Oberthur Technologies. The first order was for 20-peso, 50-peso, 100-peso, and 200-peso notes, of which only a small number have been issued since their introductionRead More…
Philippines new note family (B1077a – B1083a) confirmed
2011-02-25
B1077 (P206): 20 piso (pesos) (withdrawn 00.12.2019) Orange. Front: Filipino text; Filipino as the National Language 1935; Manuel Luis Quezón; seal of Philippine president; Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas seal; Malacañang Palace (presidential residence) and Pasig River in San Miguel, Manila. Back: English and Filipino text; map; palm civet (Paradoxurus HermaphroditusRead More…
Philippines new 200-peso University of Santo Tomas commemorative note (B1065a) confirmed
2011-02-15
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued this commemorative 200-peso note, as well as and gold and silver medals, to celebrate the University of Santo Tomas’s 400th anniversary. The central bank issued 10 million legal tender notes and 400 commemorative medals with no monetary value. The commemorative notes feature the Quadricentennial logoRead More…
Philippine note designer explains “errors”
2011-01-01
Here’s an interesting article in the 1 January 2011 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer by Daxim Lucas entitled “The peso’s makeover from an insider’s view.”Read More…
Philippines new note family has errors
2010-12-19
According to a number of sources, the new notes introduced by the Philippines on 16 December 2010 are rife with errors. The back of the 500-peso note features a rare native bird, the blue-naped parrot, with its red beak incorrectly rendered in yellow and the tail feathers underneath colored greenRead More…
Philippines new Aquino signature varieties confirmed
2010-12-08
On 26 November 2010, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) started issuing banknotes with the signature of President Benigno S. C. Aquino III, ahead of December’s launch of redesigned note series. The bank stopped producing notes with the signature of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo when Aquino assumed office lastRead More…
Philippines new date (2010) 20-peso note (B1042v) confirmed
2010-12-07
Like B1042u, but new date (2010). Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.Read More…
Philippines rumored to outsource new notes to Oberthur
2010-10-18
In a Manilla Bulletin article dated 17 October 2010, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is said to be close to awarding the contract to print new notes to Oberthur Technologies of France. However, it has earlier been reported that De La Rue would produce the plates for the new notes (forRead More…
Philippines new sig/date (2010A) 100-peso note (B1046l) confirmed
2010-10-11
Like B1046k, but new date (2010A). Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net and Rodney Hall (Kiwi Coins).Read More…