The Philippine one-peso note (₱1) was a denomination of Philippine currency. On its final release,

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national he ...

was featured on the front side of the bill, while the Declaration of the Philippine Independence was featured on the reverse side. This banknote was circulated until the Central Bank stopped printing this currency in 1973. It was replaced by

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upon the introduction of the ''Ang Bagong Lipunan'' series.

History

Pre-independence

* 1918: '' PNB issued notes''. Features a portrait of Charles A. Conant. * 1918-1929: Philippine ''Treasury Certificates''. Features a portrait of

Apolinario Mabini Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (, July 23, 1864 – May 13, 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government, and then as the first ...

. * 1944: ''Philippine commonwealth issues treasury certificates'' 1 peso bill word "VICTORY" at BACK * 1943: Japanese government 1 peso bill. * 1949: ''Philippine issued treasury certificates'' Victory Series Central Bank of the philippines whoever now all today. "VICTORY, CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES" at back

Version history

Independence

*1951: ''English series'', Features the portrait of

, a

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and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the first Philippine republic of 1899-1901, and served as its first

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in 1899. The reverse features the

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, where the drafting of the

Malolos Constitution The Political Constitution of 1899 ( es, Constitución Política de 1899), informally known as the Malolos Constitution, was the constitution of the First Philippine Republic. It was written by Felipe Calderón y Roca and Felipe Buencamino as ...

and the inauguration of the First Philippine republic took place. The design elements of this bill will be later adopted for the ten peso bill upon the launch of the ''Pilipino series'' notes in 1969. *1969: ''Pilipino series'',

replaced the portrait of Mabini. The note is now predominantly blue in color. On the reverse, it now features the Declaration of the Philippine Independence. *1973: The one peso bill was not included when the ''Ang Bagong Lipunan'' series was introduced. The banknote was later demonetized together with the English Series and the other Pilipino Series banknotes on February 28, 1974, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 378.Philippine Presidential Decree No. 378
Chan Robles (www.chanrobles.com). Retrieved on February 24, 2013.

Version history

Printing years

References

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