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Philippine Currency Design
The Evolution of Philippine CurrencyEnglish SeriesPilipino SeriesAng Bagong Lipunan SeriesNew Design SeriesBSP SeriesThe New Generation Philippine
Currency
Design ElementsTribute to Filipinos who played
significant roles in our history.World Heritage Sites and iconic
natural wonders of the Philippines.
Manuel L. Quezon, Malacañang Palace
Banaue Rice Terraces, Palm Civet
Sergio Osmeña, First Phil. Assembly, Leyte Landing
Taal Lake, Maliputo Fish
Manuel A. Roxas, BSP Building, 3rd Phil. Republic
Mayon Volcano, Butanding
Diosdado P. Macapagal, Barasoain Church
Chocolate Hills, Phil. Tarsier
Corazon C. Aquino, Benigno S. Aquino Jr., EDSA People Power I
Subterranean Underground River, blu-naped parrot
Jose Abad Santos, Josefa Llanes Escoda, Gen. Vicente Lim
Tubbataha reef national marine park, south sea pearl
Considerations in the selection of security featuresThe BSP does research and
benchmarking on security features that are available from global suppliers and are being used by other central banks. The choice of security features allow four levels of authentication ranging from simple visual inspection to the more complex laboratory and forensic examination of suspected counterfeits. In particular, these are:
Level I: Security features which can be easily recognized by the public without use of special instrument. These are the "look, feel, tilt" elements in the notes such as security thread, security fibers, watermarks, invisible fluorescent inks, optically variable ink, microprint, iridescent band and optically variable device patch(reflective foil) for 500 and 1000.
Level II: Security Features recognizable by professional cash handlers/bank tellers with the use of magnifying lens or UV light. Examples are fluoro-phosphorescent features, security fibers and microprinting.
Level III: The hidden or covert security features reserved for the use of Bangko Sentral
Level IV: Forensic security features for the use of law enforcers in testifying whether a banknote is genuine or counterfeit. These are detectable at specialized laboratories.
General Features of the New BSP Coins
Denomination Material Color Shape/Edge
10-Piso Ring: Cupro-NickelCore: Nickel Brass
WhiteYellow
Round/Interrupted Serration
5-Piso Nickel Brass Pale Yellow Round/Plain(12-scallop border)
1-Piso Nickel-Plated Steel
Grayish White Round/Reeded
25-Sentimo Brass-Plated Steel
Yellow Round/Plain
10-Sentimo Copper-Plated Steel
Copper Red Round/Reeded
5-Sentimo Copper-Plated Steel
Copper Red Round/Plain(4mm. Central hole)
1-Sentimo Copper-Plated Steel
Copper Red Round/Plain
Coin ProductionThe Mint & Refinery Operations Department of the Bank is responsible for the minting of coins.
Process of Money-making
Printing our MoneyBSP Department of Economic
Research -Determines currency demand
based on the expected price movement and the growth of the population and the economy
Security Plant Complex -procures the materials needed
to produce and print the banknotes
BSP Numismatic Committee and Monetary Board
-Design the banknotes The President -Final approval of the President is
required Security Plant Complex Currency Management Group Banks Economy
How a Banknote is madeThe making of a banknote starts
with the conceptualization of design. The concept is drawn by an artist into a prototype banknote. Once the prototype is approved, a master die is prepared from which printing plates are produced. Production then takes place involving the following steps:
Litho Printing. Impressions are printed on a rubber blanket cylinder. These are in turn transferred to the sheets of banknote paper. Both sides of the sheets are printed simultaneously with multi-color or rainbow background prints.
Intaglio Printing. After the background colors are printed, engraved features of the banknote are printed at the intaglio machines, which produce the tactile or embossed effect on the banknotes.
Sheet Inspection. The printed sheets are inspected for printing faults. Defective notes are cancelled and incinerated for security reasons.
Numbering. The good sheets go to the numbering machines for the printing of serial numbers.
Tenning. Numbered sheets undergo inspection of every tenth sheet for other printing defects which were not detected earlier.
Finishing. The numbered sheets finally go through finishing which involves cutting into notes, counting, packaging.
Sources
http://www.bsp.gov.ph/bspnotes/banknotes_banknote.asp http://www.bsp.gov.ph/downloads/know%20your%20currency.PDF http://www.bsp.gov.ph/downloads/Publications/FAQs/currencyprogram.pdf