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50 Piso
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A scenic vignette of Taal Lake dominates the center of the reverse, with a scientific illustration of the Maliputo fish (Caranx ignobilis), a species endemic to the lake, rendered alongside the landscape. A traditional Batangas embroidery motif appears at the right, serving as a decorative regional design element. The denomination numerals and text are printed in intaglio against a multicolored guilloche background. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The inclusion of Philippine abacá fiber in the paper substrate is a deliberate policy choice, not an incidental one — abacá cultivation in Mindanao and the Visayas is a significant agricultural industry, and its integration into banknote production has been a feature of Philippine currency paper since the mid-twentieth century. The 20% abacá content gives the note a subtly distinct hand feel compared to pure cotton currency paper.
The BSP's Security Plant Complex has printed Philippine banknotes in-house since 1978, one of the relatively few central banks in Southeast Asia that controls its own production end-to-end.