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2 Piso Papal Visit
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette at right portrays the Proclamation of Philippine Independence on 12 June 1898, with figures gathered on the balcony of Aguinaldo's Mansion raising the Philippine flag before a crowd assembled below. Large numeral "2" denominators appear within intricate guilloche rosettes at left and right, with the denomination legend in bold letters along the lower margin. |
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Issued to mark Pope John Paul II's February 1981 visit to the Philippines, this note was produced as a commemorative circulation piece rather than a purely collectible item — it entered general use alongside the regular 2 Piso series. Giesecke & Devrient had been printing Philippine currency since the 1970s, and their Leipzig facility handled the run. The papal visit itself was the second by a sitting pope to the Philippines; Paul VI had visited in 1970, making the country unusual in having received two pontiffs within a single decade.