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500 Piso Jose Rizal
| Issuer | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | At center, a detailed rendering of the Rizal Monument in Luneta Park (Rizal Park), Manila, depicts the full-length standing figure of José Rizal atop a tall obelisk-style pedestal, with allegorical figures at the base. The dates 1896 and 1996 flank the monument at mid-field, commemorating the centennial of Rizal's martyrdom. The inscription RIZAL appears on the monument's base. The legend JOSE RIZAL MARTYRDOM CENTENNIAL curves along the upper rim, while ANG KAGITINGAN, WALANG KAMATAYAN arcs along the lower rim, all set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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Issued in the centennial year of José Rizal's execution by Spanish colonial authorities — he was shot at Bagumbayan on December 30, 1896 — this coin was part of the BSP's broader commemorative program marking one hundred years since his death. Rizal had been convicted of rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy despite mounting evidence that the trial was predetermined, a fact Philippine historians have relitigated extensively in the century since.