Philippines officially the Republic of the Philippines Currency and coins
All you want to know about Philippines Currencies and Coins collection!
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea.
Capital: Manila
Currency: Philippine peso =100 Centavos/Sentimos
Official languages: Filipino, English
Population 100 Million
The following currencies you may find while collecting Philippines coins!
Pre-Spanish Colonial Period Real (1743-1834)
Spanish Colonial Period Counters tamped coinage - Real (1828-1837)
Philippines • Peso (1857-1967)
Philippines • Real (decimalized, 1859)
Leprosarium Coinage – Peso
Leprosy colony money was special money which circulated only in leprosy sanatoriums due to the fear that the leprosy bacteria would infect other people. The system of special colony money was used between 1901 and around 1955.
Philippines Piso Is the present currency from 1967
100 Centimes = 1 Piso
Coin house Kochi offer Philippines coins at very low price
25 Centimes hole coin @ 30
1 Peso @ 20
25 Centimes @ 30
