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50 Piso ASEAN
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the National Museum of the Philippines, formerly the Legislative Palace, rendered in intaglio with fine architectural detail including its classical colonnade, flanking palm trees, and flagpole. The denomination numeral "50" appears at lower right within a guilloche panel, with the building inscription above. A faint watermark portrait is visible at far right. |
| Reverse lettering | GUSALI NG PAMBANSANG MUSEO LIMAMPUNG PISO (Translation: National Museum building Fifty pesos) |
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The "ASEAN" designation on this note refers to a commemorative overprint or special issue marking the Philippines' involvement in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, though the P#211A sits within the New Generation Currency series that the BSP introduced to modernize its security architecture. The Security Plant Complex in Quezon City has handled Philippine note production since 1978, giving the BSP one of the earlier in-house printing operations among Southeast Asian central banks — most regional peers still outsourced to European security printers well into the 1990s.