10 Pesos

El Banco Español Filipino was the only bank of issue in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period, and by 1896 it was operating under considerable strain. The Philippine Revolution broke out that same year — Bonifacio's Katipunan launched its armed uprising in August — and notes of this series circulated through a colony that was actively dissolving the authority behind them.

Barclay & Fry handled the printing, a London security firm that also produced stamps and documents for various colonial administrations. The P#A8 designation places this among the later issues of the series, before American occupation and the bank's eventual reorganization into the Bank of the Philippine Islands in 1912.