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| Issuer | Bureau of the Treasury, Philippine Islands |
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| Year | 1905 |
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| Currency | Peso (1857-1967) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Mt. Mayon within an ornate frame, with a black vertical overprint at left and a blue treasury seal at lower right. The note carries extensive English-language text certifying the deposit of twenty silver pesos in the Treasury of the Philippine Islands, printed by intaglio in a style consistent with contemporary U.S. currency production. |
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| Reverse description | The Arms of the Philippine Islands rendered as a central oval vignette within an elaborate guilloche border, surrounded by foliate and floral decorative elements. The denomination numeral 20 appears in each corner, with the text SILVER CERTIFICATE repeated at upper left and right. The entire design is executed in a warm golden-brown intaglio print. |
| Reverse lettering | SILVER CERTIFICATE 20 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TWENTY SILVER PESOS |
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