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50 Piso Security Plant Complex
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Weight | 27.4 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central design depicts the Security Printing Plant and Mint Complex building in Quezon City within a raised circle, with a five-pointed star positioned at the top of the circle. Flanking the building within the circle are representations of the five-centavo and fifty-centavo coins then in circulation. The commemorative legend arcs around the periphery, recording the occasion of the inauguration of the complex. The field outside the circle carries additional inscriptions identifying the depicted coins. |
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The Security Plant Complex, inaugurated in 1978 in Quezon City, was the Marcos administration's bid to bring Philippine banknote and coin production entirely under domestic control — ending decades of reliance on foreign mints. This 1977 issue commemorated the facility before it had even opened, a sequencing that reflects the political urgency Marcos attached to the project as a symbol of economic self-determination during a period of martial law consolidation.
struck in .925 silver at a time when the BSP was issuing relatively few collector pieces, limiting distribution considerably.
Wait — I need to revise. My second paragraph is a sentence fragment and violates my own structural rules. Let me rewrite cleanly.The Security Plant Complex, inaugurated in 1978 in Quezon City, was the Marcos administration's bid to bring Philippine banknote and coin production entirely under domestic control — ending decades of reliance on foreign mints. This 1977 issue commemorated the facility before it had even opened, a sequencing that reflects the political urgency Marcos attached to the project during a period of active martial law consolidation.