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20 Pesos Mountain, Silver certificate
| Issuer | Philippine Islands Treasury |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Currency | Peso (1857-1967) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Mount Mayon volcano with tropical foliage in the foreground, rendered in fine intaglio engraving against a golden-yellow guilloche underprint; the denomination numeral XX in ornate blue letterpress appears at lower left alongside two manuscript signatures below their respective titles. A circular blue seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands is affixed at right, with elaborate foliate scroll borders framing all four corners and the denomination 20 repeated in each corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | SILVER CERTIFICATE BY AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA APPROVED JUNE 23, 1906 THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TWENTY SILVER PESOS PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND IN SILVER PESOS OR IN GOLD COIN OF THE UNITED STATES OF EQUIVALENT VALUE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS SERIES OF 1908 TWENTY SILVER PESOS |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in brown-orange on a pale ground, the reverse centres on the oval Arms of the Philippine Islands — an eagle surmounting a quartered shield — set within an elaborate guilloche medallion and flanked by symmetrical sprays of tropical leaves and blossoms. The denomination numeral 20 occupies each corner within scroll cartouches, and the legend TWENTY SILVER PESOS runs in large serif capitals along the lower border. |
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