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Friday, June 28, 2013

One hundred pesos Puppet Central Bank Issue


This is a replica of the One hundred pesos note issued through a presidential decree of February 29, 1944. The said note was issued by the Japanese-controlled Central Bank. Portrait of Jose Rizal is shown at the left side of this banknote. All wordings are in Tagalog dialect. This note is believed to be printed in 1945, however it never reached general circulation according to the book of Neil Shaper entitled A Guide Book of Philippine Paper Money(1964).

JIM 1000 pesos

JIM 500 pesos - Rizal Shrine

JIM 100 pesos - Rizal Shrine

JIM 10 pesos - Rizal Shrine

JIM 5 pesos - Rizal Shrine

JIM 1 peso - Rizal Shrine

JIM 10 pesos - palm tree

JIM 5 pesos - palm tree

JIM 1 peso -palm tree

JIM 50 cents

JIM 10 cents

JIM 5 cents

JIM 1 cents

Thursday, June 27, 2013

10 CENTAVOS ALFONSO XII 1882

This is a rare silver spanish coin. According to Aldo P. Basso there were only 524,838 pieces minted.

10 CENTAVOS ALFONSO XII 1885



This is a rare spanish silver coin minted in Madrid, Spain.

Only 192,045 were minted according to Aldo P. Basso.

The obverse side of this coin shows ALFONSO XII Por La G. De Dios. The bust of Alfonso XII is facing right.

Likewise, the
reverse side of this coin shows Rey Const! De Espana/10/Cs and De/P0 divided by the coat of arms.

20 CENTAVOS ALFONSO XII 1885



This is a rare spanish silver coin minted in Madrid, Spain.

Only 1,344,454 were minted according to Aldo P. Basso.
OBVERSE

The obverse of this coin shows ALFONSO XII Por La G. De Dios. The bust of Alfonso XII is facing right.
REVERSE

While the reverse shows Rey Const! De Espana/20/Cs and De/P0 divided by the coat of arms.

50 centavos ALFONSO XII 1885



This is a rare spanish silver coin minted in Madrid, Spain.

Only 72,703 were minted according to Aldo P. Basso.
OBVERSE

The obverse side of this coin shows ALFONSO XII Por La G. De Dios. The bust of Alfonso XII is facing right.
REVERSE
While the reverse side of the coin shows Rey Const! De Espana/50/Cs and De PESO divided by the coat of arms.

THERE IS AN INSCRIPTION AT THE EDGE LEY. PATRIA. REY. which means LAW, COUNTRY and KING.

UN PESO ALFONSO XIII 1897


This is a rare spanish silver coin. It is more than 200 years.

Only 6,000,006 were minted in Madrid, Spain according to the book of Aldo Basso entitled Coins, Medals and Tokens of the Philippines 1728-1974 2nd Edition (1975).


OBVERSE: Alfonso XIII P.L.G.D.D., Rey C. De Espana. The young head of Alfonso XIII is facing left, the date is between two five pointed stars.

REVERSE: Islas Filipinas/UN Peso. Crowned coat of arms between two pillars in the center.

By carefully observing the coin you will notice that this coin carries three sets of initials: on the obverse below the neck, B.M. which stands for Bartolome Maura Montaner, the die sinker; on the reverse, left edge, S.G. for Arturo Sandoval and Antonio Garcia Gonzales, the assayers; and right edge, V. for the weight master, Remigio Vega y Vega.