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The Philippine Peso The Philippine Peso The Philippine Peso

The Philippine peso is the official currency of the Philippines. It is issued and printed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines. Jose Rizal appears on the P1 coin, and banknotes feature prominent Filipinos and landmarks. The peso sign is ₱, introduced under American rule to replace the original Hispanic $ sign.

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The Philippine Peso The Philippine Peso The Philippine Peso

The Philippine peso is the official currency of the Philippines. It is issued and printed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines. Jose Rizal appears on the P1 coin, and banknotes feature prominent Filipinos and landmarks. The peso sign is ₱, introduced under American rule to replace the original Hispanic $ sign.

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The Philippine Peso

The Philippine peso, also referred to by its Filipino name piso,is the official
currency of the Philippines. Alternative symbols used are "PHP", "PhP", "Php",
or"P". Banknotes and coins of the Philippines are minted and printed at the
Security Plant Complex of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

The Philippines isn’t


the only country that
uses peso as a currency
because most of the
colonies of the Spanish
empire adapted the
currency.
Jose Rizal, the national hero
of the Philippines, is on the
P 1-coin - the basic unit of
Philippine currency. The
front side of each banknote
features prominent people
along with buildings, and
events in the country's
history while the reverse
side depicts landmarks and
animals.
The Japanese-
issued currency
was called “Mickey
The
Mouse money” Philippine
because the value peso sign is
of the currency was denoted by
so low, it might as the symbol
well be play money "₱",
introduced
under
American
rule in place
The bills are made of of the
80% cotton and 20% original peso
abaca, and possess a sign "$" used
slightly rough throughout
Hispanic
texture.
Latin
America.

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