Philippine fifty centavo coin

Fifty centavos
Philippines
Value 0.50 Philippine peso
Diameter 17.5 mm
Edge Plain (Flora and Fauna Series)
Reeded (Improved Flora and Fauna Series)
Composition Copper-nickel (1983-1991)
Brass (1991-1994)
Years of minting 1880-2000
Obverse
Design Pithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine eagle), Value
Design date 1991
Reverse
Design State title, Marcelo del Pilar, year of minting
Design date 1991

The Philippine fifty centavo coin (Filipino: Limampung sentimo) (50¢) was a denomination of Philippine currency. It was minted from 1880 until 2000 when it was demonetized.

History

Independence

  • English Series; In 1958, minting of the centavo resumed with another coat of arms on the reverse. The inscription around the coat of arms was changed to 'Central Bank of the Philippines'.
  • Pilipino Series; In 1969, the coin featured the Tagalog language for the first time. Its obverse featured Marcelo del Pilar in profile to the left, a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. The inscription around the shield of the Coat of arms of the Philippines on its reverse read 'Republika ng Pilipinas', however, mintage of this coin was discontinued with the introduction of the Ang Bagong Lipunan Series.
  • 1983: BSP reintroduces 50¢ coins as part of the Flora and Fauna Series. The coin has the profile of Marcelo del Pilar on the obverse and the Pithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine eagle) on the reverse.
  • 1991: Improved Flora and Fauna Series, features the same designs on both the obverse and reverse, but was minted in brass instead of Copper-Nickel.
  • 1995: The fifty centavo coin was not included when the BSP Series was introduced.
  • 2000: The 50¢ coin and other coins in the original Flora and Fauna and Improved Flora and Fauna Series was withdrawn, making the coin officially demonetized.
English Series
(1958-1967)		 Pilipino Series
(1969-1974)		 Flora and Fauna Series
(1983-1990, 1991-1994)
Obverse
Reverse

Errors

Some of the coins of the Flora and Fauna Series had an error; in the fifty centavo coin, the text was "Pitecobhaga jefferyi" instead of "Pitecophaga jefferyi", It was later replaced by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ https://sinsilyonimike.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/coin-collection-minting-error/
  2. ↑ https://pinoynumismatistnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/error-coins-error/
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