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1 Piso Pope Paul VI, nickel
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Philippines |
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| Year | 1970 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | PAGDALAW NG PAPA SA PILIPINAS PAPA PAULO VI 1970 (Translation: Pope's Visit to the Philippines. Pope Paul VI.) |
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Issued to commemorate Pope Paul VI's visit to Manila in November 1970 — the first papal visit to Asia — this coin was struck in the same year Ferdinand Marcos declared his campaign for a second presidential term, a political atmosphere the Church watched with considerable unease. Paul VI's trip also included a near-fatal knife attack at Manila International Airport, where Bolivian painter Benjamin Mendoza y Amor lunged at him with a kriss dagger concealed beneath a cassock. The Pope was uninjured, but the incident made international headlines within hours of his arrival.