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500 Piso Seal type 5, Without security thread
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 1998-2001 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left centre, a front-facing portrait vignette of Benigno Aquino Jr. is set against a guilloche underprint. The national flag appears at centre, flanked by the bank seal at right centre and a dove in flight at far right. A typewriter motif at lower right alludes to Aquino's career as a journalist, with the inscriptions 'THE FILIPINO IS WORTH DYING FOR' and 'FAITH IN OUR PEOPLE AND FAITH IN GOD' rendered in intaglio. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a biographical vignette commemorating Benigno Aquino Jr.'s public life, illustrating his roles as journalist, mayor of Concepcion, senator, and governor of Tarlac, and honouring his role as the principal catalyst of the People Power Revolution of 1986. The denomination '500' appears in bold numerals alongside the Pilipino inscription 'LIMANDAANG PISO'. |
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| Variants | P#185a - ND & 1998 signatures: Ramos & Singson P#185b - [1998*] & 1999 signatures: Estrada & Singson * not confirmed P#185c - 1999, [2000*] & [2001**] signatures: Estrada & Buenaventura * not confirmed ** not existing with these |
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