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5 Pesos Treasury certificate, Without rays
| Issuer | Treasury of the Philippine Islands |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| Currency | Peso (1857-1967) |
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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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| Obverse lettering | TREASURY CERTIFICATE TREASURY CERTIFICATE BY AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISTATURE APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 13, 1922 THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FIVE PESOS PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND IN SILVER OR IN GOLD COIN OF THE UNITED STATES OR EQUIVALENT VALUE FIVE PESOS FIVE FIVE |
| 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. |
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