Philippines 1921 peso

These notes, issues of the Philippine National Bank, were printed at the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing. One peso notes exist dated 1918, 1921 (shown) and 1925. The portrait is of Charles A. Conant, who drafted the legislation creating the bank and the Philippines currency system in general. The signatures are of S. Mercado and Miguel Union. During the American rule, the Philippine peso was fixed at fifty cents U. S. Other denominations include two pesos (Rizal), five pesos (McKinley), ten pesos (Washington), twenty pesos (Wm. A. Jones), fifty pesos (Lawton), one hundred pesos (Magellan). The last issue was five, ten and twenty pesos of 1937. They were withdrawn in 1948 and demonetized in 1949.

Recorded printing: 2,0000,000 (serial numbers B1B thru B2000000B).

Catalog reference: Shafer no. 125.

Source:

• Shafer, Neil, A Guide Book of Philippine Paper Money, Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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