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1 Piso José Rizal
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 1 Peso (1 piso) |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing effigy of Philippine national hero José Rizal, depicted with characteristic moustache and wearing a coat and tie, occupying the central field. To the right of the portrait, the bold numeral '150' with the word 'YEARS' below it commemorates the 150th anniversary of Rizal's birth. The circular legend 'REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS' runs along the upper left periphery, while the birth and commemorative dates '1861' and '2011' are inscribed along the right and lower right rim respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS 150 YEARS 1861 2011 (Translation: Republic of the Philippines.) |
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José Rizal's execution by musket fire at Bagumbayan on December 30, 1896 was calculated by the Spanish colonial authorities to break the nascent independence movement. It had the opposite effect. Within two years, Spain had ceded the Philippines entirely. Rizal has appeared on Philippine coinage almost continuously since the Commonwealth period, making his presence on the circulating peso more a matter of institutional inertia than any single political decision.
The KM#284 series replaced the earlier copper-clad steel composition that had drawn complaints about corrosion in tropical humidity.