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5000 Piso Lapulapu Quincentennial Commemoration

2021 5000 Piso Lapulapu Quincentennial Commemorative Banknote Obverse 2021 5000 Piso Lapulapu Quincentennial Commemorative Banknote Reverse

Variety
Variety Date Total Printed Serial Numbers [3]
Regular Issue 2021 2,000 - 2,500 [2] LL000001-
LL0000??
Specimen 2021 including above *0000000
Regular Issue 2021 A including above LL0000??-
LL0000??
Regular Issue 2021 B including above LL0000??-
LL0000??

Note

[1] - Special Prefix LL for Lapulapu
[2] - In one of the press conference in Cebu Province, it was announced that 500,000 pcs of this banknote were planned to be printed, but as of this writing around 2,000 to 2,500 pcs has been released to the public with a reduced printing limit of 10,000 pcs.
[3] - Serial Numbers were randomly printed. (No particular order)

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Specimen

2021 5000 Piso Lapulapu Quincentennial Commemorative Banknote Obverse
2021 5000 Piso Lapulapu Quincentennial Commemorative Banknote Reverse

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Specification
Title Lapulapu Quincentennial
NP ID BC036
Category Commemorative
Series New Generation Currency
Type Non-Circulating Legal Tender
Denomination 5000 Piso
Signature Duterte - Diokno
Seal BSP Type 6
Paper Type 80% Cotton
20% Abaca
Dimension 216mm x 133mm
Printer Security Plant Complex
Main Color Brown
Banknote Designer Kenneth Arroyo
Portrait Designer Rymer Gengoni
Gregorio Caparas
Issue Price ₱5,500
Introduction
Issuing Authority Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Requested By National Quincentennial Committee
Kind Banknote

Signature
Name Title
Rodrigo Roa Duterte Pangulo ng Pilipinas
Benjamin E. Diokno Tagapangasiwa ng Bangko Sentral

Obverse

On its obverse, the banknote depicts a young Lapulapu, an image of the battle of Mactan, the Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (QCP) logo, and the Karaoka, the large outrigger warships used by native Filipinos. "Ang Salaping ito ay bayarin ng Bangko Sentral at pinananagutan ng Republika ng Pilipinas" "Republika ng Pilipinas" "Limanlibong Piso" "Battle of Mactan " "Pinagpala ang Bayan na ang Diyos ay ang Panginoon"

Reverse

The reverse shows the Philippine eagle, or the Manaol, which symbolizes clear vision, freedom, and strength; and which embodies the ancient Visayan belief that all living creatures originated from an eagle. Also featured are the tree of a coconut, which was food the people of Samar provided to Ferdinand Magellan and his crew; and Mount Apo, which is located in Mindanao, where the circumnavigators finally found directional clues to their intended destination of Maluku or the Spice Island. "Limanlibong Piso" "5000" "Philippine Eagle (Manaol) (Pithecophaga jefferyi)" "Mount Apo"

Banknote Consultants

Visayan historians
Dr. Rolando Borrinaga of the UP Manila School of Health Science in Palo, Leyte,
Dr. Vicente Villan of UP History Department Diliman,
Dr. Jose Eleazar Bersales of the University of San Carlos Cebu

Art Historian
Dr. Patrick Flores of UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center Diliman,
Archaeologist Dr. Eusebio Dizon of UP Archaeological Studies Program Diliman

Note

Issued to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the "Victory at Mactan" on

Remarks

National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) and National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) reiterates that Lapulapu should be spelled without hyphen (not Lapu-Lapu), citing that the name of the leader written on Antonio Pigafetta’s chronicle of the Magellan-Elcano expedition was Çilapulapu. The “Çi” in the hero’s name is “most likely the ancient honorific title “Si.” as per NQC



BSP Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Francisco Dakila, Jr. (center) and Senior Assistant Governor Dahlia D. Luna (right) presented the banknote and medal to Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea (left), who received the items on behalf of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during the rites held at the Fort San Antonio Abad in the BSP Complex in Manila