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500 Pesos Treasury Certificate, Purple back
| Issuer | Treasury of the Philippine Islands |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 500 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio portrait vignette of Miguel de Legazpi, the Spanish conquistador, shown in three-quarter bust wearing a wide-brimmed hat, set against an orange-red guilloche underprint, with elaborate scrollwork border ornaments at left and right. Denomination numeral '500' appears at lower left and upper corners, with the title 'PHILIPPINE ISLANDS' in large letters across the upper portion and a circular blue seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands and the United States of America at the lower right. Two manuscript signatures appear at the lower left, identified as Governor General and Treasurer. |
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| Obverse lettering | BY AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 6, 1918 THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 500 PAYABLE TO THE BEARER IN SILVER PESOS OR IN GOLD COIN OF THE UNITED STATES OF EQUIVALENT VALUE LEGAZPI FIVE HUNDRED PESOS TREASURY CERTIFICATE SERIES OF 1918 PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND IN SILVER PESOS OF THE UNITED STATES OR IN GOLD COIN OF EQUIVALENT VALUE |
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| Reverse lettering | TREASURY CERTIFICATE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FIVE HUNDRED PESOS 500 |
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