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50 Sentimos Marcelo H. Del Pilar, pattern
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Philippines |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Philippine sun with eight rays, superimposed with a triangular cartouche enclosing the Baybayin character for the syllable 'Ka', a design element emblematic of the Katipunan revolutionary movement. The circumferential legend reads CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, with the date 1966 positioned in the lower exergual area flanked by two small stars. The overall composition is rendered in moderate relief against a smooth field. |
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| Obverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES * 1966 * |
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Pattern coinage from the Central Bank of the Philippines in this period reflects the intense nationalist debate over whose image should anchor the new decimal currency series. Del Pilar — propagandist, editor of La Solidaridad, and architect of much of the Reform Movement's anti-friar campaign — was a serious candidate for inclusion before the final circulating designs were settled. This piece documents that deliberation: a rejected proposal, struck in copper rather than the eventual nickel-brass, never reaching the public.