2 Pesos English Series Elpidio Quirino - Cuaderno

This Two Pesos banknote was issued by the Central Bank of the Philippines in 1949-1969. It was printed by Thomas De La Rue Company, Limited, London. The front of this note shows the portrait of Jose Rizal at the left side. The back of this note shows the landing of Magellan in the Philippines in 1521. The color of the obverse is black overprint which was printed on a light blue & tan background.While the color of the reverse is blue.

It was signed by Elpidio Quirino as President of the Philippines and M. Cuaderno as Governor of the Central Bank. According to Guy N. Davis, in his book entitled: Collecting Banknotes of the Central Bank of the Philippines (1988), there were 20 Million notes printed. This note belongs to the Serial Numbers from A 000,001- V 1,000,000.