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200 Piso Central Banking
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Piso (1967-date) |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing bust vignette of President Diosdado P. Macapagal at left centre, with the Aguinaldo Shrine at right and the bank seal at right centre. A commemorative overprint at left marks the 60th anniversary of central banking in the Philippines, inscribed '1949-2009 CENTRAL BANKING IN THE PHILIPPINES'. Denomination and bilingual legends in Filipino appear within a guilloche underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS 200 REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS ANG SALAPING ITO AY BAYARIN NG BANGKO SENTRAL AT PINANANAGUTAN NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS 1949-2009 CENTRAL BANKING IN THE PHILIPPINES DALAWANDAANG PISO DIOSDADO P. MACAPAGAL (Translation: Republic of the Philippines This bill is a debt of the central bank and a responsibility of the Republic of the Philippines Two hundred pesos) |
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The BSP's Security Plant Complex, established in 1978, was part of a deliberate policy under the Marcos administration to bring currency production in-house and end the Philippines' long dependence on foreign security printers — chiefly the American Bank Note Company and Thomas De La Rue. By 2009, the facility had been producing the full Philippine note series for three decades, making this issue entirely domestic in both design authority and manufacture.
Pick 203 belongs to the New Design Series, which had already been through multiple printings and security upgrades by this date. Ultraviolet-reactive fibers and an embedded security thread were incorporated into the paper stock well before this 2009 printing.