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The specimen shown is a steel five pesos of the new circulating type. This piece has a face value (October 2018) of about nine cents and was first issued in 2018. The obverse portrait is of Andres Bonifacio. The design was revised in 2019 to give it a nonagonal shape but the weight was unchanged.
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The specimen shown is a steel five pesos of the new circulating type. This piece has a face value (October 2018) of about nine cents and was struck 2017-20. The obverse portrait is of Andres Bonifacio and the reverse shows a Jade vine (''Strongylodon macrobotrys''). The design was later revised to give it a nonagonal shape but the weight was unchanged.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
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''Specification:'' 7.4 g, nickel plated steel, 25 mm diameter.
 
''Specification:'' 7.4 g, nickel plated steel, 25 mm diameter.
  
''Catalog reference:'' KM unlisted.
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 302.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:26, 29 January 2026

from the Mountain Groan Collection
Philippines 2018 5 piso rev DSLR.jpg

The specimen shown is a steel five pesos of the new circulating type. This piece has a face value (October 2018) of about nine cents and was struck 2017-20. The obverse portrait is of Andres Bonifacio and the reverse shows a Jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys). The design was later revised to give it a nonagonal shape but the weight was unchanged.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.4 g, nickel plated steel, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 302.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

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