Philippines 1980-FM 2500 piso

Heritage sale 3010, lot 23090

This is one of the less common issues of the eighties. It commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Douglas MacArthur, the liberator of the islands from the Japanese.

Recorded mintage: 3,073 proofs.

Specification: 14.57 g, 0.500 fine gold, .234 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-11; KM 231.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

Link to:

• 1979-FM 50 piso, UNICEF
• 1980-FM 25 piso, Douglas MacArthur
• 1980 1500 piso "John Paul II"
• 1982 25 piso "Marcos-Reagan"
• 1986 2500 piso "Aquino-Reagan"
• Coins and currency dated 1980
• return to coins of the Philippines