Catalog
50 Piso
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2023-2025 |
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| Value | 50 Piso |
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| Obverse description | Printed in shades of red and pink on a light underprint, the obverse carries a portrait vignette of Sergio Osmeña at center-left, set against a guilloche background with an intaglio rendition of the First National Assembly in session at left. The national arms and the logo of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas appear at upper center-right, flanked by the denomination numeral '50' in large intaglio figures. A secondary vignette at right references the Leyte Landing of October 1944, with two facsimile signatures below center. |
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| Protection description | Embedded security thread running vertically through the note; electrotype watermark visible when held to light |
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The 2023–2025 dated 50 Piso belongs to the New Generation Currency series, a program the BSP launched in 2010 to standardize and modernize Philippine banknote design across all denominations. Cotton substrate at this denomination was retained rather than switching to polymer, a decision that has been revisited repeatedly for lower-value notes but never fully implemented across the series.
Pick 231A distinguishes this from earlier signature varieties within the same design run — catalogue separation at this level typically reflects changes in BSP governor, not printing specification.