50 — Fifty Pisos
The artwork
Front: Sergio Osmeña in three-quarter profile, the Cebuano who succeeded Quezon as president of the Commonwealth. Behind him, the coat of arms and the Bangko Sentral seal; below, soldiers wading ashore at the Leyte Landing of October 1944, with Osmeña among the returning party. At far left, a group portrait of the First National Assembly of 1907, which Osmeña served as Speaker. Titles and legends wholly in Filipino.
Back: Taal Lake in Batangas, the caldera lake with Volcano Island rising from it, drawn in washes of red and rose. A shoal of maliputo (Caranx ignobilis), the lake's prized food fish, swims across the centre in pale grey, captioned in small italic. To the left, an outline map of the Philippines with the site marked, and along the right edge a band of Batangas embroidery pattern.
In circulation
The New Generation Currency 50 dates from December 2010 and remains legal tender; this 2014-dated printing carries the Aquino–Tetangco signature pair, which ran until 2017, when a revised version with a new serial-number typeface and further enhancements took over. A polymer 50 joined the paper note in 2024.
Details
- CurrencyPiso
- DenominationFifty Pisos
- Collectedon the Philippines journey, 2016
- IssuerRepublika ng Pilipinas — Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- SeriesNew Generation Currency, dated 2014
- SignatureBenigno S. Aquino III, Pangulo ng Pilipinas; Amando M. Tetangco Jr, Tagapangasiwa ng Bangko Sentral
- PrinterSecurity Plant Complex, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Quezon City
- Dimensions160 × 66 mm
- SecuritySerial XA 375674, printed twice in orange-to-red graduated ink; scriptural motto panel above the arms