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100 Piso Emilio Aguinaldo
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Reverse description | Dynamic equestrian scene depicting General Emilio Aguinaldo mounted on horseback, brandishing a sword in his right hand, rendered in high relief. The Philippine national flag is displayed to the left of the composition, serving as a patriotic backdrop to the heroic portrait. The design commemorates the 150th anniversary of Aguinaldo's birth, with the inscriptions KALAYAAN AT KASARINLAN (Freedom and Independence) and 150 TAON (150 Years) prominently placed within the field, along with the denomination 100 PISO. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Emilio Aguinaldo's presence on Philippine coinage carries a specific political charge: he proclaimed Philippine independence on June 12, 1898 at his own home in Cavite, making him the first president of the short-lived First Philippine Republic — a government the United States refused to recognize before crushing it in the Philippine-American War. The conflict that followed, often obscured by its proximity to the Spanish-American War, killed an estimated 200,000 to 600,000 Filipino civilians.
Nordic gold, the aluminum-bronze alloy developed by the Nordic Mint consortium in the 1990s, was chosen here primarily for its resistance to counterfeiting and its distinctive color stability under circulation wear.