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2 Pesos Silver Certificate (-)

2 Pesos Taft Branagan Silver Certificate 2 Pesos Smith Branagan Silver Certificate 2 Pesos Harrison Manning Silver Certificate 2 Pesos Smith Branagan-proof Silver Certificate

Series of

NP ID Signature Total Printed Serial Numbers
B5.1[1] Taft - Branagan 1,165,000 1-
1165000
B5.2[2] Wright - Branagan 335,000 1165001-
1500000
B5.8[8] Proof
B5.9[9] Proof

Series of

NP ID Signature Total Printed Serial Numbers
B5.3[3] Smith - Branagan 3,000,000 A1-
A3000000
B5.3A[11] Smith - Branagan
(Proof)
B5.4[4] Forbes - Barrett 1,000,000 B1-
B1000000
B5.5[5] Forbes - Manning 1,000,000 B1000001-
B2000000
B5.6[6] Harrison - Manning 3,700,000 B2000001-
B5700000
B5.6A[10] Harrison - Manning including above including above
B5.7[7] Harrison - Fitzsimmons 5,530,000 B5700001-
B11230000

Note

[1] - Shipment, and
[2] - Shipment,
[3] - Shipment, and
[4] - Shipment,
[5] - Shipment,
[6] - Shipment, and
[7] - Shipment, and
[8] - Proof - Uniface Obverse
[9] - Proof - Uniface Reverse
[10] - Error - without blue underprint on obverse
[11] - Progressive Proof Obverse

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Taft - Branagan
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2 Pesos Taft - Branagan Silver Certificate

Total Printed: 1,165,000

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Smith - Branagan
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2 Pesos Smith - Branagan Silver Certificate

Total Printed: 3,000,000

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Smith - Branagan
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2 Pesos Smith - Branagan Proof Silver Certificate

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Smith - Branagan
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2 Pesos Harrison Manning Silver Certificate

Total Printed: 3,700,000

Specification
NP ID B5
Series Silver Certificate
Type Circulating Legal Tender
Denomination 2 Pesos
Years -
Seal Red Seal
Orientation Horizontal
Flip Short Edge
Printer U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Paper 75% cotton, 25% linen
Dimension 156 mm × 66 mm
Thickness 0.11 mm
Weight approx. 1 gm
Print Obverse - Black, Blue
Reverse - Blue
Process Printing
Ink Pigment
Introduction
Last Printing
Demonetized
Withdrawn
Total Notes 15,730,000
Total Value ₱ 31,460,000
Issuing Authority Government of the Philippine Islands
Kind Banknote
Currently Used

Obverse

Portrait of Jose Rizal "Silver Certificate" "By Authority of an Act of Congress of the United States of America, Approved " “This Certifies that there have been deposited in the Treasury of the Philippine Islands Two Silver Pesos" "Payable to the bearer on demand (in silver pesos or in gold coin of the United States of equivalent value)" "Series of /" "Government of the Philippine Islands" "United States of America"

Reverse

"Silver Certificate" "2" "Two Silver Pesos" "Philippine Islands"

Note

From until , separation of the sheets, printing of seal and serial numbers was done in Manila by the Bureau of Public Printing. Act no. 1463 approved on , allowed the completion of Silver Certificates to be completed at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving.

Remarks

All were printed in uncut sheet of 5. System for Replacement note were not used for this series, and it is highly probable that the same serial numbers on defective notes were used for the replacements.

Signature
Name Title
William Howard Taft Civil Governor General
Frank A. Branagan Treasurer
Luke Edward Wright Civil Governor General
Frank A. Branagan Treasurer
James F. Smith Governor General
Frank A. Branagan Treasurer
William Cameron Forbes Governor General
John L. Barrett Treasurer
William Cameron Forbes Governor General
Jeremiah L. Manning Treasurer
Francis Burton Harrison Governor General
Jeremiah L. Manning Treasurer
Francis Burton Harrison Governor General
Albert P. Fitzsimmons Treasurer