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| Issuer | Treasury of the Philippine Islands |
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| Year | 1924 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing bust vignette of President William McKinley positioned at left, set within an ornate intaglio-engraved frame with guilloche underprint. A blue treasury seal appears at right, with the denomination numeral and formal authorization text filling the remaining face. The overall design is executed in a subdued palette typical of early twentieth-century Philippine-issue Treasury Certificates. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely engraved in orange, the reverse is dominated by a central vignette of radiating tropical palm or pineapple foliage above an elaborate guilloche panel bearing the legend PHILIPPINE ISLANDS in large serif capitals. A Roman numeral V appears in a circular medallion at top center flanked by TREASURY CERTIFICATE inscriptions, while the numeral 5 occupies each lateral margin within scrollwork cartouches. At the base, an ornate banner cartouche carries the words FIVE PESOS, flanked by FIVE in two smaller oval panels. |
| Reverse lettering | TREASURY CERTIFICATE TREASURY CERTIFICATE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FIVE FIVE PESOS FIVE |
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