I like this. The past years, I have been refusing to accept the P200 bill as a form of protest because I consider Edsa Dos a farce that installed a fake president. Even if she did not completely disappear from the P200 bill, at least hindi na namamayagpag.
By Michelle Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Next time you get hold of a new, crisp P200 bill, don’t be surprised if you find it difficult to locate the picture of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. It has been relegated to a small corner of the bill and the new dominant photo is that of the tarsier, a specially protected animal species found in a few places in the Philippines.
Due for circulation this month, the newly designed peso bank notes will showcase on the reverse side the country’s top tourism spots.
The picture of Arroyo’s inaugural ceremony in 2001—printed at the back of the existing P200 bill—will still appear on the bill, this time on the front side, although a bit too small for anyone to even decipher her face.
It is on the side dominated by the picture of her father, the late President Diosdado Macapagal.
“The swearing in of GMA is on the front side of the [new] 200-peso note,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said in a text message to the Inquirer, answering insinuations that the former President was downgraded in the new design.
The new notes were launched the other day in Malacañang.
‘New generation’ bills
A major feature of the “new generation” bank notes is the inclusion of the portrait of the late former President Corazon Aquino in the P500 bill. The new bill shows her face side by side with that of her husband, the assassinated former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.
Soon after the death of Cory last year, the BSP announced it planned to add her portrait to the design of the P500 bill featuring Ninoy.
“We want to show the best that can be found in the Philippines, like the Tubbataha Reef, the Subterranean River, rice terraces, etc. Many of these places have been declared world heritage sites,” Tetangco said.
All bills—P20, P50, P100, P200, P500, and P1, 000—were redesigned but personalities featured in the existing notes have not been changed.
This is the first time in 25 years that the central bank has come out with a new design for all the peso bills, the BSP said.
The old bank notes will remain valid until they are retired.
Tetangco said the BSP will be printing less and less of the old notes and more and more of the new ones until the old bills are demonetized, possibly three years from now.
The front side of the new P20 bill still features the portrait of Manuel Quezon. The reverse side now features the Banaue Rice Terraces, replacing the picture of Malacañang Palace.
The front side of the new P50 bill still carries the portrait of former President Sergio Osmeña but the reverse side shows Taal Lake, which replaces the picture of the National Museum.
The new P100 bill, which still carries the photo of former President Manual Roxas on the front side, now also features the Bicol region, with emphasis on Mayon Volcano and the famous butanding (whale shark) found in that region. The old bank note featured the BSP building.
The reverse side of the new P200 bill features Bohol, with emphasis on the tarsier and Chocolate Hills found in the province.
Dubbed the world’s smallest monkey, the tarsier is a shy animal which prefers to live alone after mating, conservationists say. A nocturnal creature, it is said to prefer to live in the wild.
Conservationists say the tarsiers may seem cuddly and defenseless but they do bite and a tarsier’s bite could be fatal.
The new P500 bill also features the Subterranean River National Park in Puerto Princesa in Palawan.
Lastly, the new P1,000 bill, which still carries the portraits of Josefa LLanes Escoda, Vicente Lim, and Jose Abad Santos on the front side, now also shows the 130,000-hectare Tubbataha Reef.
Hard to fake
Tetangco said the security features of the peso bank notes were also enhanced, making it difficult for unscrupulous individuals to fake the money.
“As a matter of best practice, central banks change the look and security features of their currency … to reflect significant milestones in their country and to stay ahead of counterfeiters,” Tetangco said.
“We made the decision to incorporate the latest bank note security features to make it difficult and expensive for counterfeiters to copy … while making it easier for our people to identify counterfeits,” he added.
The BSP said the enhanced security features include the use of embossed prints, different sizes of the digits of the serial numbers, the use of security fibers, watermarks, see-through marks and security threads.
The BSP said the new notes are antibacterial, meaning these do not gather as much bacteria as the old ones do.
“The paper (for the new notes) is treated with a substance that kills bacteria,” Tetangco said.
18 December 2010
At last, something to look forward, I was wondering then, why do have to put a lot of faces in our money, I mean front and back. Now it has been change showing the beauty of the Philippines.
More interesting now to see the changes. And by the way good riddance, I dont want to see the smirk on the face of that leprechaun.
prans
May sense of humor din itong mga taga Central Bank :putting a tarsier in place of Gloria Arroyo’s face. Okay yun!
Mas exotic looking naman yung tarsier kesa kay bansot!
Sa palagay ko mas gugustuhin ni dating Pres. Diosdado Macapagal na makasama niya sa ₱200 bill ang tarsier kaysa sa kanyang anak na si Gloria. 😛
arroyo replaced by a monkey.
It’s Gluerilla camouglage as Yoda.
At least the Central Bank didn’t disappointment da madlang pipol. Must be the talk of the town.
Ang tapang ni tangkad, este psb…bina bansot bansot na lang si Goyang.
Walang nakalagay na “Pilipinas kay Ganda”?
Antibacterial pala. Hindi magtatagal, mabubura na yung mukha ni Pandak.
Bakit hindi na lang pinagawa sa Australia? Yung mga Australian notes, plastic coated, waterproof, tear-proof, lasts many times longer than standard money paper. It will cost less in the long run since it wouldn’t be necessary to reprint frequently. I’ve seen how it’s done, the mils-thick plastic coating is extruded by a machine three-storey tall. The notes are virtually indestructible and non-counterfeitable.
Imagine, you can carry your money in your pocket while swimming or surfing.
Pwede pang hugasan yung isinukli sayo nung tindera ng isda sa palengke. Anti-bac forever.
If i may, I have noticed that in our paper notes, no living person (other than the Queen which image is shown on the $20 bill and updated as she grows older and wiser) is printed on the face of each..I believe the very reason for this is that a deceased person that is so honoured to have his or her image on the country’s currencies could never do no more wrong and dishonour the country and have the notes recalled. all others bear the images of past PMs who made the greatest impact in the history of the country…the First PM, the First French Canadian PM, the Longest Serving PM, the War Time PM and unless another donomination is created, they will remain to be the images of the same notes…stable as the legacies they created during their lives….
RE: arroyo replaced by a monkey.~johnmarzan
WOW, ang pera may monkey na…but si gloria e may monkeybusiness naman hehehe!
sana talagang ” disappear” na si arroyo (GMA) iyong total diasapear na.. iyon na sana ang pinaka magandang pamasko sa mamamayang pilipino!!! merry christmas po sa lahat dito sa ellenville..!! dasal ko lagi na mag wagi tayo at matapus na ang ka lagim na lagim na iniwan sa atin ng mag asawang GMA at FG, kasama ang mga masasamang alipores niya..!! gising pnoy, ituloy mo ang pangako mo..!! na maparusahan ang dating masamang rehimen ni GMA, iyong alisin si CJ corona at ombudsman gutierrez..!!
arroyo replaced by a monkey.
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Tsk=tsk-tsk……..kung alam lang noong unggoy kung sino ang pinalitan niya, pati siya hindi papayag. Insulto ito sa unggoy.
Ayaw ko pa ring mahawakan yan, nandyan pa rin ang unana! Malas na perang papel.
Bwahahaha@jawo#15! Insulto personal sa tarsier! :}
mas maganda naman ng di hamak ang mukha ng tarsier vs. putot..dapat si putot ang mag disappear sa mundo…hindi lang ang mukha niya…ito sana ang iwiwish ko sa Xmas pero I will be kind to animals…
Kaya pala panay ang gastos ng tao kahit na ang halaga ng bibilhin nila ay P199.95 hindi na tumatawad dahil mas gugustuhin pa nila ang singko sentimos sa bulsa nila kesa P200 sa pitaka.
tarsier na naman? halatang may favoritism dito sa pinas ah! bakit di na lang philippine eagle? 🙂
malamang sinabi ni presidente mawala na ang mukha niya/pangalan niya sa pera natin – wag lang ang tarsier… hehehe…
Arroyo ‘disappears’ from new P200 bill
huh??? akala ko cya yung nasa likod. tarsier pala.
sana ibang presidente na lang ang nilagay sa 200 bill. wala namang nagawa yang nsa 200 ngayon kagaya ng anak nya.
Pet ni Pnoy ang Tarsier. Di ba yun ang isiningit niya sa tourism logo?
Tru-blu, matangkad akong di hamak kay bansot kaya ok lang na tawagin ko siyang bansot. O sige, evil bitch na lang kung gusto mo.
Tarsier is not the world’s “smallest monkey.” It is not even a monkey. It’s a primate, maybe the world’s “smallest primate.”
Ok na sana kaso di pala…
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/293827/ph-uproar-over-errorfilled-peso-bills
i like that.. bagong pera… bagong buhay… bagong pagasa…
korte suprema na lang problema…
mukhang mas mataas pa ang tarsier kay Gloria putot…would that make her the shortest primate? nakakainsulto naman. hindi ba ang pinakaliit nating pera ang tawag ay isang kusing?… bakit hindi ilagay ang mukha niya sa isang kusing?
Ok lang kung mga errors sa mga bagong bank notes, basta wala lang pagmumukha ni Gloria masaya na ako.
marc,
monkeys,apes, and tarsiers belong to the order “primates” they differ though when it comes to suborder, as tarsiers belong to “Prosimii/Haplorrhini” while monkeys and apes belong to “arthropoids.” Even if you look at them, tarsiers are more closely realted to lemurs, lorises and bushbabies…
…even their feeding habits are quite different from most monkeys we know as they are nocturnal, hence the big saucer like eyes…
There are several relatives of the Philippine tarsier outside the country, one is the Bornean tarsier (Tarsius bancanus) of Borneo and Sumatra, the spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrum), the lesser spectral tarsier or pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus), and Dian’s tarsier (Tarsius dianae) of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The pygmy tarsier, by the way, is considerably smaller than the Philippine tarsier, while the pygmy mouse lemur, found only in Madagascar, is now being recognized as the smallest primate in the world.
…but who cares? it looks like a monkey and its way easier to call it one than “Tarsius syrichta.”