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5000 Piso Victory at Mactan
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left centre, a right-facing portrait vignette of Lapulapu is the dominant design element, flanked at lower left by a vignette of the Battle of Mactan scene and at lower centre by karaoka warships. The arms of the Philippines and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas seal appear at centre, with guilloche underprint throughout. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5000 REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS ANG SALAPING ITO AY BAYARIN NG BANGKO SENTRAL AT PINANANAGUTAN NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS PINAGPALA ANG BAYAN NA ANG DIYOS AY ANG PANGINOON BATTLE OF MACTAN 1521 KARAOKA LAPULAPU LIMANLIBONG PISO 5000 (Translation: Republic of the Philippines This bill is a debt of the Central Bank and a responsibility of the Republic of the Philippines Blessed are the people that God is the Lord Five thousand pesos) |
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The 5000 Piso "Victory at Mactan" is a commemorative note issued to mark the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Mactan in 1521, where Lapulapu's forces killed Ferdinand Magellan — effectively halting the Spanish expedition's immediate ambitions in the Visayas. The 20% abacá content in the substrate is a deliberate nod to a Philippine-native fiber long associated with specialty paper and rope production; standard BSP circulating notes use a different blend.
TBB#1095 places it squarely in the commemorative series rather than the regular circulation issues, and production quantities were limited accordingly.