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20 Pesos Mountain, Philippines, Red seal

Issuer Treasury of the Philippines
Year 1936-1941
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Value 20 Pesos
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Obverse description Central intaglio vignette of Mt. Mayon volcano rising above a tropical landscape with palm trees, captioned MT. MAYON below; the word PHILIPPINES in large ornate lettering arches above the vignette, with the denomination TWENTY PESOS on a banner scroll at the foot. A circular red seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, inscribed UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and reading MANILA, PHILIPPINES, appears to the right, with two manuscript signatures — President and Treasurer — at lower left, flanked by guilloche corner ornaments bearing the numeral 20.
Obverse lettering PHILIPPINES TREASURY CERTIFICATE PHILIPPINES 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 PHILIPPINES MT. MAYON TWENTY PESOS PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND IN SILVER PESOS OR IN LEGAL TENDER CURRENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF EQUIVALENT VALUE SERIES OF 1936
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Variants P#85a - regular issue serial # D1D - D1664000D
P#85b - US War Department issue (1944) serial # ≥ D1664001D
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