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| Issuer | Treasury of the Philippines |
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| Year | 1936-1941 |
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| Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, United States (1862-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed portrait of George Washington in an oval vignette at left, rendered in dark green and black with fine engine-turning surround; the centre carries the bold legend PHILIPPINES / TEN PESOS over a radiate guilloche underprint in orange-brown, with the bearer clause in smaller type below. A large circular red Treasury seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, inscribed MANILA, PHILIPPINES / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, appears at right, flanked by the series date and two facsimile signature lines for the President and Treasurer. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely engraved in brown on a cream ground, the reverse is composed of dense lathe-work guilloche panels framing a large central cartouche containing the Roman numeral X in the upper corners and the numeral 10 in ornate counters at lower left and right. The centrepiece is a circular medallion with TEN arching above and PESOS below, enclosing the bold horizontal inscription PHILIPPINES set on an elaborately scrolled banderole, all surrounded by interlocking floral and geometric lathe patterns. |
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| Variants | P#84a - regular issue serial # D1D - D2024000D P#84b - US War Department issue (1944) serial # D2024001D - D2174000D |
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