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5 Sentimos
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 1979-1982 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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| Mintage | 1979 BSP - - 12,805,000 1979 FM - Proof - 3,645 1979 FM - Special uncirculated - 10,000 1980 BSP - - 111,339,000 1980 FM - Proof - 3,133 1980 FM - Special uncirculated - 1981 BSP - - 1981 FM - Proof - 1,795 1981 FM - Special uncirculated - 1982 BSP - - 1982 FM - Proof - |
| Additional information |
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas overhauled its circulating coinage in 1975 under the Ang Bagong Lipunan ("New Society") program — Marcos's rebranding of Philippine civic life following his 1972 declaration of martial law. The small brass sentimos of this period were part of that deliberate remonetization, tying everyday coinage to the authoritarian modernization project.
Brass was chosen partly for cost and partly to distinguish the denomination by color. These circulated heavily through the early Marcos years and survivors in mint state are harder to locate than their mintage figures suggest.