1 Peso Pope Paul VI and Ferdinand Marcos, copper pattern

Pope Paul VI visited the Philippines in November 1970 — the first papal visit to Asia — and was nearly assassinated at Manila International Airport when Bolivian surrealist painter Benjamín Mendoza y Amor lunged at him with a knife concealed beneath a cassock. Marcos authorized commemorative coinage for the occasion, and multiple pattern compositions were struck before the final issue was settled. The copper version was not adopted for circulation.