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| Issuer | Treasury of the Philippines |
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| Year | 1936-1941 |
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| Value | 2 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed in black on pale underprint, with an oval portrait vignette of José Rizal at left, his name inscribed below in small lettering, flanked by decorative guilloche scrollwork and corner numeral "2" tablets. The large bold legend "PHILIPPINES" arches across the upper centre above "TWO PESOS" in heavy block lettering, with the payability clause in smaller text below. At right, a large red circular seal inscribed "COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" with "Manila, Philippines" in script at centre, accompanied by two manuscript signatures of the President and Treasurer below. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the reverse centres on a large guilloche rosette enclosing the numeral "2", flanked by symmetrical laurel branch vignettes and scroll ornaments. Scalloped corner panels each bear the numeral "2", while the upper margin carries "PHILIPPINES" in bold arched lettering between two "TWO PESOS" tablets, and the lower margin bears "TWO PESOS" in a dark panel. Lateral panels repeat "TWO PESOS" in stacked text within ornamental frames. |
| Reverse lettering | TWO PESOS TWO PESOS PHILIPPINES TWO PESOS 2 |
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