Catalog
100 Piso
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS ANG SALAPING ITO AY BAYARIN NG BANGKO SENTRAL AT PINANANAGUTAN NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS PALAWAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT POLYPLECTRON NAPOLEONIS CERATOCENTRON FESSELII 100 SANDAANG PISO (Translation: Republic of the Philippines This bill is a debt of the central bank and a responsibility of the Republic of the Philippines One hundred pesos) |
| Reverse description | A map of the Philippine archipelago is positioned at centre-left, while a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in full colour dominates the central field. Mayon Volcano appears as a landscape vignette at right, with the denomination and geographic inscriptions set within a multicolour guilloche border. |
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The Philippine peso series shifted to polymer substrate in stages, and the 100 Piso denomination has been among the longer-running polymer issues in the BSP's current circulation program. Note Printing Australia has held the contract for Philippine polymer notes continuously since 1998 — an unusually long exclusive relationship for a sovereign currency program of this size, and one that has survived multiple administrations and at least two major design revisions.
Polymer Philippine notes are notorious for delamination in tropical humidity over extended circulation, a documented problem that has prompted periodic public complaints and accelerated replacement cycles.