This
Fifty 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 Antonio
Luna at the left side. The back of this note shows a vignette of the
“Pacto de Sangre,” from a painting by Juan Luna. The color of the
obverse of this note is black which was printed on a light tan &
pink background. While the reverse is red in color.
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 0.2 Million notes printed. This note belongs to the Serial Numbers from A 000,001- A 200,000.