The English Series were Philippine banknotes and coins that circulated from 1949 to 1969. It was the first banknote and coin series of the newly established Central Bank of the Philippines and was the only banknote and coin series of the Philippine peso to use English as its language for all of its banknotes and coins.
English Series | |||||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Main Color | Description | Year | ||||
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | First issue | Withdrawal | ||||
Small denomination notes | |||||||||
5 centavos | 108 mm × 55 mm | Red | Bank title, bank seal, value, serial number | "PHILIPPINES", value | April 15, 1951 | June 30, 1958 | |||
10 centavos | 108 mm × 55 mm | Maroon | |||||||
20 centavos | 108 mm × 55 mm | Green | |||||||
50 centavos | 108 mm × 55 mm | Blue | |||||||
1⁄2 peso | 130 mm × 60 mm | Green | Mt. Mayon and three men riding on a carabao-drawn cart | July 1, 1958 | February 28, 1969 | ||||
Large denomination notes | |||||||||
₱1 | 162 mm × 67 mm | Gray | Apolinario Mabini | Barasoain Church | April 15, 1951 | March 31, 1971 | |||
₱2 | Blue | José Rizal | Landing of Magellan in the Philippines | ||||||
₱5 | Golden yellow | Marcelo H. del Pilar and Graciano Lopez Jaena | La Solidaridad | ||||||
₱10 | Brown | Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora | Urdaneta and Legaspi Monument | ||||||
₱20 | Orange | Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto | Cartilla of the Katipunan and the Balintawak Monument | ||||||
₱50 | Red | Antonio Luna | Blood compact between Sikatuna and Legaspi | ||||||
₱100 | Yellow | Tandang Sora | Regimental flags and the veterans | ||||||
₱200 | Green | Manuel L. Quezon | Legislative Building | December 31, 1959 | |||||
₱500 | Violet | Manuel Roxas | Former Central Bank Building | ||||||
For table standards, see the banknote specification table. |
English Series | ||||||||||||
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Image | Face Value | Technical parameters | Description | Total Mintage | Date of | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Thickness | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | issue | demonetization | ||
1¢ | 19 mm | 1.45 mm | 3.08 g | Bronze | Plain | Figure of a man seated beside an anvil holding a hammer and Mt. Mayon, year of minting | Bank title and coat of arms | July 1, 1958 | August 31, 1979 | |||
5¢ | 21.0 mm | 1.7 mm | 1.8 g | Brass | Plain | Figure of a man seated beside an anvil holding a hammer and Mt. Mayon, year of minting | Bank title and coat of arms | July 1, 1958 | August 31, 1979 | |||
10¢ | 17.9 mm | 1.19 mm | 2.04 g | Nickel-brass | Reeded | Lady Liberty striking an anvil with a hammer and Mt. Mayon, year of minting | Bank title and coat of arms | July 1, 1958 | January 2, 1998 | |||
25¢ | 24 mm | 1.6 mm | 5 g | August 31, 1979 | ||||||||
50¢ | 30.3 mm | 10 g |
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