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1 Peso Emilio Aguinaldo, Reverse Trial
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed bust of Emilio Aguinaldo in three-quarter right-facing portrait occupying the central field, depicted in military dress with buttoned collar. The dates 1869 and 1969 flank the effigy at mid-field, each accompanied by a small five-pointed star below. The curved legend IKASANDAANG TAONG KAARAWAN arcs around the upper periphery, while the name EMILIO AGUINALDO curves along the lower periphery, all within a beaded inner border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Trial pieces for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas were produced ahead of the major coinage reform that reorganized Philippine circulating denominations in the late 1960s. This reverse trial — struck in brass rather than the copper-nickel ultimately adopted — represents one stage in the material testing process, where the mint evaluated how different alloys rendered the die detail and wore under simulated handling conditions. Brass was a serious candidate given its cost relative to nickel alloys and its established use in regional coinage.
Aguinaldo died in 1964, just five years before this trial was struck.