Catalog
200 Piso With horizontal bars
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 200 Pesos (200 piso) |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing portrait vignette of President Diosdado P. Macapagal at left centre, flanked by historical scenes: the Inauguration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as President at lower left, the Declaration of Philippine Independence at Kawit, Cavite on 12 June 1898 at centre, and the Opening of the Malolos Congress at Barasoain Church on 15 September 1898 at right centre. Denomination numerals and national inscriptions in Filipino appear at upper and lower registers against a guilloche underprint in warm tones. The reverse carries horizontal bar security printing across the face of the note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
The horizontal bars overprint on this note was applied as a demonetization marker — a practice the BSP uses to invalidate specimens or recalled stock without destroying the physical notes outright, typically for archival, training, or collector distribution purposes. The 200 Piso denomination itself was introduced in 2002 as part of the New Generation Currency series and has never been among the Philippines' more frequently encountered notes in daily commerce, with the 100 and 500 Piso dominating transactions at that level.
The abacá fiber component in the paper substrate is a deliberate sourcing decision — the Philippines is the world's dominant abacá producer, and its inclusion in banknote stock has been BSP policy for decades, giving Philippine-issued paper a marginally different tactile quality from pure cotton notes.