Catalog
500 Piso Seal type 5, With security thread
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
|---|---|
| Year | 2001-2013 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Piso (1967-date) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS ANG SALAPING ITO AY BAYARIN NG BANGKO SENTRAL AT PINANANAGUTAN NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS THE FILIPINO IS WORTH DYING FOR FAITH IN OUR PEOPLE AND FAITH IN GOD LIMANDAANG PISO (Translation: Republic of the Philippines This bill is a debt of the central bank and a responsibility of the Republic of the Philippines Five hundred pesos) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a commemorative vignette collage tracing the public career of Benigno Aquino Jr. through successive roles as journalist, mayor of Concepción, governor of Tarlac, and senator, with imagery evoking his central place in the movement that culminated in the People Power Revolution of 1986. Denomination numerals appear at left and right against a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The segmented security thread used in the earliest signature combinations of this series was replaced mid-run with a solid thread — the changeover occurring within the 2005 issues, which means both thread types exist under the same president-governor pairing. Pick 185 carries the solid thread variant, making the two notes externally similar enough to confuse casual sorting but technically distinct issues requiring separate catalog treatment.
The 2006 Macapagal-Arroyo/Tetangco pairing is unrecorded in the standard catalog — a gap that likely reflects either a documentation oversight or an extremely limited signing run rather than a true non-issuance.