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20 Pesos Mountain, Philippine Islands, Red seal
| Issuer | Treasury of the Philippine Islands |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | PHILIPPINE TREASURY CERTIFICATE PHILIPPINE BY AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 13, 1922 THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MT. MAYON TWENTY PESOS IN SILVER PESOS OR IN GOLD COIN OF THE UNITED STATES OF EQUIVALENT VALUE PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND SERIES OF 1929 |
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| Reverse lettering | TWENTY PESOS TWENTY PESOS PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TWENTY PESOS 20 |
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. — son of the president — served as Governor-General of the Philippines from 1932... no, his term ran 1932–1933, but this note is dated 1929. The signature combination of Roosevelt Jr. and Whitson places this among the later printings within the series, as earlier 1929-dated notes carry different signature pairs. The "Mountain" series designation refers to the distinct red treasury seal, differentiating it from the blue-seal issues of the same denomination and date.
The BEP produced these under an arrangement in which the Philippine treasury bore full fiscal responsibility, but all printing was contracted through Washington — a colonial currency relationship that persisted until the Commonwealth period displaced the series entirely in 1936.