New coins from Philippines due to be minted this year

A new family of circulation coins will be issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Central Bank of the Philippines, later this year but it will no longer include the 10-cent denomination coin. According to a report by centralbanking.com, the Central Bank of the Philippines intends to issue its new family of coins by the end…

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New Philippine 100 Piso banknote

The Philippine’s Central Bank, The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has confirmed that a new 100-Piso banknote will begin circulating from the 1st February 2016. The note has been designed with a stronger mauve or violet colour compared with the existing banknote, to make it more distinctive. This, says the Central Bank, follows calls from the…