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1000 Piso Without horizontal bars
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2010-2021 |
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| Value | 1000 Pesos (1000 piso) |
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| Reverse description | An outline map of the Philippine archipelago occupies the left portion of the note, while the centre carries a richly coloured vignette of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, with a sea turtle, coral formations, and a South Sea pearl shell (Pinctada maxima) rendered against a blue-green guilloche underprint. A stylised geometric panel at right incorporates traditional Mindanao Tinalak textile motifs, with the denomination numeral 1000 and bilingual value legend completing the design. |
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| Protection description | Multi-portrait watermark of José Abad Santos, Vicente Lim, and Josefa Llanes Escoda; electrotype numeral 1000 watermark |
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| Comments |
The abacá fiber component is not decorative policy — the Philippines is the world's dominant abacá producer, and its inclusion in the banknote substrate is a deliberate industrial decision, routing demand toward a domestically grown crop with deep roots in Mindanao and the Bicol region. Oberthur Fiduciaire's contract for this series was part of a broader BSP push toward European security printing standards after earlier domestic production runs drew criticism for inconsistent quality.
The "without horizontal bars" distinction refers to a security feature modification mid-series — a meaningful collector differentiator that the signature table alone cannot convey. The 2016A dates are particularly complex, appearing across three different signature combinations, making date-signature pairing essential for accurate attribution.