Catalog
50 Piso Without horizontal bars
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2010-2021 |
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| Composition | Paper (80% Cotton and 20% Abacá fiber) |
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| Obverse description | The left-centre field carries an intaglio portrait of President Sergio Osmeña in three-quarter view, flanked to the left by a vignette of the First National Assembly of 1907 and at lower centre by a vignette of the Leyte Landing. The Philippine coat of arms is positioned at upper centre within a guilloche underprint, with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas seal at right centre. The note is executed in ochre and gold tones over fine geometric underprint patterns covering the entire field. |
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| Reverse lettering | TAAL LAKE MALIPUTO CARANX IGNOBILIS LIMAMPUNG PISO (Translation: Fifty pesos) |
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| Comments |
The "without horizontal bars" designation refers to a security feature modification mid-series — certain printings omitted the horizontal bar elements that appeared on related issues, a distinction that matters primarily to variety collectors tracking the BSP's incremental security upgrades across the New Generation Currency series launched in 2010.
The abacá fiber content is worth noting: the Philippines is the world's dominant producer of abacá, and its incorporation into the substrate is both a practical sourcing decision and a deliberate nod to a domestic industry. The text revision from "Leyte Landing" to "Leyte Landing October 1944" appearing on Duterte-era Espenilla signature printings — apparently unlisted in the standard Pick catalog — is the kind of quiet typographic change that goes unrecorded for years before collectors notice.